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[Hanuman]

From a froggy to you all rosbeefs with love.
120 years of the British Club in Bangkok.

 

[26024]

Have been boring after work today.

Small trip to source of river Thames in Seven Springs.

Apparently there is more then one.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Apparently there is more then one.

There is also <"Thames Head"> at Coates, but I've never been there when it has been a spring, it has always been dry.

........ The source of the River Thames is disputed. The Environment Agency, the Ordnance Survey and other authorities have the source of the Thames as Thames Head. Others hold that the true source of the Thames is at Seven Springs, Gloucestershire, some 11 miles (18 km) farther north, and east of Gloucester. Seven Springs is officially the source of the River Churn, which is a tributary of the Thames that joins at Cricklade. As it is further from the mouth of the Thames than Thames Head, the adoption of Seven Springs as its source would make the Thames the longest river in the UK.........

cheers Darrel

 

[Jorge O'Reilly]

Not a photographer, and these were taken by a crappy phone. Paraná River in Corrientes.

 

[26024]

Cassia Fistula aka Golden Shower tree at my wife's family owned school in Saraburi province.

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I have seen this tree yesterday over here in Cheltenham yesterday.

Obviously not that fully bloomed as where you live but it starts to bloom as well.

Do you have California Lilac Trees over where you live?

These looks awesome!

🙂

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Obviously not that fully bloomed as where you live but it starts to bloom as well.

It won't be Cassia fistula, just because it isn't hardy in the UK. It was more likely to be a "Laburnum" (probably <"Laburnum ×watereri 'Vossii'>). They look really similar and are flowering now.

Do you have California Lilac Trees over where you live?

I'm guessing they probably don't. I really like Ceanothus, but they are difficult to handle as they get older because you can't prune them into the old wood. When we moved into our present house we had a large one (possibly C. "Italian Skies") where the previous owner had cut ~1/3 out of it to give space for the washing line, and eventually I had to remove it because the brown third couldn't regrow.

They are very easy as a semi-hardwood cutting, taken in about a month's time, but you need to consider their eventual height and spread.

cheers Darrel

 

[26024]

It won't be Cassia fistula, just because it isn't hardy in the UK. It was more likely to be a "Laburnum" (probably <"Laburnum ×watereri 'Vossii'>). They look really similar and are flowering now.

It isn't or it is?

I'm not sure right now.

I'll have a look next time if i'll spot a differnce 😅

 

[dw1305]

It isn't or it is?

Laburnum, definitely not Cassia.

'll have a look next time if i'll spot a differnce

Shape of the flower. Laburnum has a <"pea shaped"> flower, in Cassia the petals are much more open.

cheers Darrel

 

[Hanuman]

It isn't or it is?

Cassia fistula is a tropical / sub-tropical tree and is incidentally the national tree AND the national flower of Thailand often associated with royalty.

 

[26024]

That’s the one.

Looks very similar doesn’t it? 🙂

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Looks very similar doesn’t it?

That is the one, <"Laburnum x watereri "Vossii">. When I was a kid they were really common, but they've fallen out of favour, partially due to various stories about the risk to children of their poisonous seeds (the <"seeds are poisonous">).

cheers Darrel

 

[Nont]

Anentome helena in brackish waterway in the public park.

 

[foxfish]

For 5 points what type of tree is this and for a further 10 points where is it?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

For 5 points what type of tree is this

Prunus padus "Watereri"

where is it?

Looks like a "Bath Stone" building behind the tree, so Bristol?

cheers Darrel

 

[foxfish]

Very good = 5 points.
From the other side….

 

[John q]

York minster.

 

[foxfish]

Correct 10 points.

 

[PARAGUAY]

 

[PARAGUAY]

Took a visit to Hartshead pike Asnton u Lyne you can see 4counties on aclear day,a friendly horse came to greet the grandaughter

 

[Wookii]

Took a visit to Hartshead pike Asnton u Lyne you can see 4counties on aclear day,a friendly horse came to greet the grandaughter

I can’t believe you let it eat that poor child?! 😆