Brachychiton sp. Ormeau - Ormeau Bottle Tree

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Family : Malvaceae

A rare and endangered species of tree belonging to the genus Brachychiton.
The main population occurs within an 'environmental park', the Wongawallan Conservation Area in the rural suburb of Wongawallan, Queensland, where it is afforded some protection from threatening factors.

The Ormeau Bottle Tree can grow to 25 metres in height with the leaves being dropped during the dry season, a time of year the species favours for reproduction. The foliage returns as pale to coppery coloured new growth, as seen in this image. The September flowering period sees a profuse display of green to white bell-shaped flowers appearing at the terminus of the branches; the width of each flower is around 10 mm. Fruiting pods appear from January to February, these are 3 cm long, brown, and boat shaped. During the later stages of growth, the trunk begins to form an exaggerated bottle shape, and the leaves alter from a deeply lobed shape, divided from five to nine times to a glossy and often elliptical leaf 12 to 20 cm long.

Brachychiton sp. Ormeau can attain a great age, over 120 years being possible and sexual maturity is reached after around twenty years.
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau is restricted in range, extending over a range of only 6.5 km2 and occurring in very low population densities. The largest stand, regarded as the most viable population, is reported to consist of 131 plants. Another two reproductive populations have been found in separate locations nearby, but each contains fewer than ten trees; other individuals occur as non-seeding outliers within this total population of 161 trees. One population occurs in a lease for a proposed quarry.
Three of these trees have been planted at Raintrees Native and Rainforest Gardens, Diamond Beach, NSW, where the above photo was taken.
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Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Diamond Beach (show map)

Taken on: September 13, 2024

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