Wondrous images from a brilliant data-base!

A couple of weeks ago I was sent a link by Black Diamond Images via his blog Black Diamond Run which I wanted to post asap. Its been a huge couple of weeks... more on that later!

For now I will introduce you to this excellent Wikipedia style Flickr group - IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS TREES and FUNGI. The group currently has 343 members from all over the world and is free to join. All you need to do is open a free (or paid) Flickr account, locate the group and join up. You can then become involved in sending images to the group yourself, you do not have to be an expert but you run the risk of becoming one. Through the groups 2bid IDENTIFICATION process you can seek identification of unidentified Australian rainforest plants growing in your garden or those you might photograph in your walks in Australia's glorious rainforests. The groups many Botanical Advisors may also offer assistance as required.

I have dipped into the groups DATABASE INDEX several times in the last 18 months... but I want to take time to recommend it to you here today and strongly suggest you allow a little time to peruse the extensive index of links available there.

The Database covers trees, shrubs, fungi, lichens, mosses and ferns growing in Australian rainforests. All species in the database are identified by scientific name to the best of the ability of the individual photographers and the groups botanical advisors.

The DATABASE INDEX draws images together into easily accessible hyperlinks based on specialised acronymic tags. The tag for Australian Rainforest Fruits and seeds is - arffs. 

At that link you will find over 2,600 images with the number growing daily.

The fruits can be further broken down and accessed by colour. Scroll down the DATABASE INDEX to find the fruit colour links as copied below.

FRUIT COLOUR - Australian Rainforest Fruits and Seeds
Tag applied to the MATURE OUTER FRUIT CASING COLOUR (or
the fruit colour in the actual image or the colour of the seed within the fruit casing)

RED FRUIT                 ..................Tag = redarffs
MAROON FRUIT        .................Tag = maroonarffs
WHITE  FRUIT           ...................Tag = whitearffs
CREAM FRUIT         ...................Tag = creamarffs
YELLOW FRUIT        ..................Tag = yellowarffs
ORANGE FRUIT       ..................Tag = orangearffs
PURPLE FRUIT      ....................Tag = purplearffs
PINK FRUIT             ....................Tag = pinkarffs
BLUE FRUIT           .....................Tag = bluearffs
GREEN FRUIT       ......................Tag = greenarffs
BLACK FRUIT      .......................Tag = blackarffs

BROWN FRUIT     .......................Tag = brownarffs

When you for example click on the RED FRUIT link the first image you may come to is this -

Sarcopetalum harveyanum - Pearl Vine

by Black Diamond Images

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Taken on Apr 9, 2009

COPYRIGHT NOTICE 

Please check the copyright on all images. There is an enormous amount of work in the compiling of this database and the individual images held within it... it is there to be a resource but should be used with due protocol. 

Please Note - Images marked "All Rights Reserved' may not be copied or used in any way without the approval of the owner and if approved should be credited and link back to the owners original image.

I also noticed that there is a link taking you to all Australian rainforest images photographed in Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens where I worked last year. It is in a wider group of links that pick up all identified rainforest plant images photographed in:-

NATIONAL PARKS 

BOTANIC GARDENS 

PRIVATE ARBORETUMS

INTERNATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS.

Below are some Australian rainforest images photographed in Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens by Tatters from Brisbane who has been a regular contributor to the rainforest group over many years.

Tatters is also the energetic administrator of the sister Flickr group - FIELD GUIDE - FLOWERING TREES of the WORLDwhich also has a wonderful DATABASE of identified flowering tree images. That group also has a place to post fruit imagesHERE.

Cassowary Plum (Cerbera floribunda)

by Tatters:)

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Taken on Nov 28, 2010

Bunya pine - young cone and new growth

by Tatters:)

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Taken on Feb 1, 2009

Blue Quandong - flowering tree

by Tatters:)

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Taken in Toowong, Brisbane, QLD, AU (map)

Taken on May 29, 2011

WITH WARM THANKS TO BLACK DIAMOND IMAGES FOR PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THE ABOVE INFORMATION HERE IN THIS BLOG.

THANKS ALSO FOR SO GENEROUSLY TAKING TIME TO COMMUNICATE THESE PAST FEW MONTHS AND FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL EXCURSION INTO A VERY VIBRANT WORLD WHICH SO MANY OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED .... A BIO-DIVERSE WORLD CRITICAL TO OUR PLANET'S AND OUR OWN HUMAN WELL BEING!!!