ID this?

[foxfish]

Can anyone guess what this before Darrel?

 

[Finn]

Looks like side shoots on the trunk of a Ginkgo biloba to me.

 

[zozo]

That was my first guess too Ginko tree..

And its absolutely a special tree, alledgedly the evolutionary step between Deciduous trees and Pines (Conifer family).

 

[foxfish]

Correct, it is a beautiful and iconic tree that lives in a large public garden amongst a stunning collection of 200 + year old trees.

 

[foxfish]

Oh and it lives alongside the oldest heated glasshouse in the U.K. the tallest canary palm and it has even listened to the Beatles who played live in the garden!

 

[foxfish]

Right here is another one... what is this ?

 

[Finn]

Right here is another one... what is this ?


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Monterey cypress / Hesperocyparis macrocarpa?

 

[foxfish]

Good guess and close but ....if I were to be cryptic I would say completely wrong!

 

[zozo]

Right here is another one... what is this ?


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A Gall nut / Oak Apple?..

 

[Finn]

Good guess and close but ....if I were to be cryptic I would say completely wrong!

Hmm one more guess then, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis? If it's a leylandii then I'll totally be cool and won't be annoyed at all

 

[dw1305]

Cupressus macrocarpa?

 

[zozo]

if I were to be cryptic I would say completely wrong!

He is yanking our chain. That "completely wrong" knocked me off the obvious idea that it is some kind of fruit.

 

[foxfish]

 

[foxfish]

Another clue ...it is not real?

 

[foxfish]

Finns second guess is really close but I was looking for a common name?

 

[foxfish]

Ok I am off to bed so the answer was “False Cypress”, in this case Chamaecyparis lawsoniana I think? I bought it as False Cypress blue ice, or something like that.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Looks about right, because of the flat leaf sprays. You can't tell from exrternal appearance of the cones whether they are Cupressus or Chamaecyparis, you have to look at the attachment of the seed to the cone scale. As a rule of thumb Chamaecyparis cones are smaller.

As @Finn suggests they have had a bit of a name change, and some Chamaecyparis sp. are now Cupressus again and all the W. American Cupressus spp. are more correctly Hesperocyparis.

cheers Darrel

 

[zozo]

“False Cypress”

When you said cryptically I actually thought in that line in my own language. Gambled and searched for False Conifer and if it existed in English. But didn't find any clues and gave up.. Common names and a language barrier make about impossible puzzles.