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#e&leker NO. 8 June, 1993

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AnothwSIKMOnthShas~wnssndlsemtobegr?tcingmtopofmy teacMgami-mdks. My Cmea cWim g w n md some of those mystery Ccma sp. forms are mrrv Rowemg and able to be idmiikd. It's me ~~ the buds dev- md wahg for a matwe fbwtr so that I wn use the CaPrea key, wtdch I ssnt you 9 h a pretvia~~ mwMtwI

Orrr haw m m h e d f&y SWW, we've won a few, lost a few. In these diWdt tbs, that's a goodsigh Inzotawh;m)45 W m M ~ o ~ w h i c h l S wereSGAPqoypsor or@srtkm and six were new rnembm.

Our fur& an healthy as yw will see by tho Wme sheet so A has not been m s c 9 y to rdre sabsa-qw*yeas. ~ m o u t h e n c l o s d f m ~ r w n p t l y . s w i t ' s ~ t o f o r g e t a n d ~ y ~ ~ ~ t h e next rmvsktter. Severd e x & i developments need to t;b mmtimd FIMty, a form of Correa tawmhm on dm Central Coast of EdSW has been M e d after it wes beiheveci k t and mmdy, I haw a major d c h on ~ ~ ~ h . N 1 i n t k ' A w t ~ G a d e n J ~ W ~ m o n t h . ThisbadhgA~tstralian g d e m g m @ W i s M ~ n o w ~ a n m s o W r & a ~ ~ ~ w i d e ~ . A n e x m t f i m t h e a r t i d e b b e e n m in tb n e t h w .

W N d e v e l o p m e m b t h e ~ ~ p j ~ w h i c h l h a v e ~ a n d ~ k p r o ~ w b e q u i C c ~ ~ ~ s r r l U I am semg large scab maps to wiws SGAP geups and Cmeia S.G. to note the wlM bxtbm of Gmeas. hlrwdy, the kn of known sites is h r v @ 'Ibis will be a pod starting point far an accvrrte Wstur. If y w woukl Re to he@ out, kt me Itnow,and l'n' send yw .the &em map,

h o f ownmat p n h r s , ~ d n ~ u s & N o f W h q ~ ~ ~ h a s s e n t a parn which I thought I rri&t&e to . . . , "' - YQu . ,"'

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Y d M m ~ i s o v w ~ a u t u D n r r w i n d s ~ , I retm'r a@ rr;- the Cow& p K 3 9

m ~ b k d s $ i n g ~ - f w t h e n e c t a r t h c y c ; a n e , And the Correa blooms like a gem in the range.

Whnr w t i t e r . i Y 5 i , p l , ~ , , t ~ $,#t py, And blowof.S wm,m.- away, : w<w.&d'& , ersb&k'toasc+?nelknowwal9,

W h $ , bush breezes fkmer the Correa ti&. . , , .<,"'{C,' !.

John Russel

Mime as at 1 /7/92 $ 37.77 10/92 Newsletter copying Wmiptiions 2 17.00 Envdopes Donations. 80.00 BOsaOe lnteredt .74 Badge Pme (N. MPrrktt)

PostaOe 1/93 Postage 4/93 Maps 5/93 Postage 6/93 Postage

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Total Income $335.51 -

Account Bdglce $260.15

Three years ago I ac-d a 'Corrm' of unknown ongh which was mmd Coma sp. It has m e kaws,&#t lyaromtk~wlyshhyontop . I M e v e r y r e a s o n t o ~ v e k w a r , ~ a C @&a or C.s&&ttd& orahybidofeihr. Ipbntedithtothegardenabout 18monthsagoandwaitedforitto *war, It gww falrty dcMy and the first season was a ~~ No sign of a flower. My crariodty was rawarm thisautrmw with.ttw first Little budsappenring but I h a d t ~ admit thesebuds Wed a ktkdfkrent to other comas. The stamem seemed to emerge at the base of the calyx without any petat devehpmnt A h znYikt other correas w e were vety f e w . M s M they were vay hrard to fnd. We& thts is no correct I don't knowwhrrtftkltuhittsnocorrea. ~ f t w m a n ~ ~ r r 1 h r i a ) y f w n d a s & m a t w e ~ w e r , I t k v e r y d w t p H c ~ t & r ~ m S P l i t ~ ~ ~ k ~ h a n d p o k e M l l s i d e w a y s , T h a r e # o u r o b v i o u s s r m a n d f o u t M m r mmures which dso poke out at an m$e to the calyx. tt b k s to be a R u t a c e bur.... Can anyone he@? I've mvw seen anytbm Re, it before and I cm't seem to key it out. b t h b Ms, Dre I say it? When is a Coma nut a C m a ? When it's a WEED!

MyCs~orrp,SGAPSGAPMaroondahrcoerntlyhtwPavidWWops#~fp@a~~~~. IntbsffdesofCorreas that were sbwn, he had a M e of a Correa from WycheproofI V i m I r As Wychrrprwf was my home town, I an m w ~ d i n k ~ i f a r r y o n e h i w A i n ~ ~ a n d i f I ~ o b t m m c u t t i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m i t .

In the bst newsletter there was a suggestion that members reporr on * i Coma reffexas of thei area T o s t a t t t h e b d l ~ w e h a v c a ~ e a r e ~ a fromthe WkmT-ofSWandareportbBob O ' P l e i O o f a t o u r h e w w d e ~ W S A d V i c t o r i a n ~ . AsweRI~~indudesomeoftheNSWbwticms sent m by Steve Clmesha and some Victorian ones comrikn& by Cherree k w k y .

1. 9 Brjngmh M t k d Park Gwbm NSW 2 metres tall growing rn smd!3tsandsrane kge, soft, crinkly, bgh green kaves delicate p M i h green llawers

(John Russell)) Bnh,Qrn&&!m h in&

3. Kelvin P o w Resefve war Keith

4. Victor Harbour - by l-hmmh Ria- an road to cemetery

5. Victor kbrbour - private Wilson Reserve

8. South of Salt C m k - on westem side of road

10. Nelm - on road to river mouth'

12. T & W R d - m w w R i i

13. East of TyenQrra - east of Portland .

14. W&&' ku* ~bmd park green form wfdeqmd in New E m $ d Carge~greencmklykawes ~ n # r o w l k r P e g r m b e l s

* . - IS. Grays Point - Royd Natiad Park red d ween fam

16. Excel& Reserve - l 4 d m a d nex green frwm - dedthg hiditat, not m y P m a plants left. Resene is tdrty =dy.

17. Msbane Waters NatFond Park

lei. Grosc Vdley - Bkre Mountains besow Pierce's Pass

21. LinkDesertNationalPark-near r thxmge fm W ~ f s Tot& Park

22. Mt. ltkhmd ~ ~ g r > o d f o r m 3 9

23. Porttatd - just south of town ,&I mmbitwtions of C. retkria ' ~ / p m W r W s h W w W t e

24. Mt. Ctay red on s a d g r e e n f m o n *

25. W a m m b o o l - Gony's Cave area

26. Suathdownie -w#lgefwrns

27. Serra Range - nesGrmpmw red form

28. N d w n - ~ v % r y & I y C o s s t o l P w k

29. P r i n c e \ s ~ n e a r S A b o r ~ bushy fonrw

-add.some-

$0. Tmmgm - just sorrth.of the wbge mthe Ew&Rd

32. Wars Creek F a - bRQrove RJ. just east coa*ar#m f0nn of AI lTwk

33. Elmdam Rd - ncar Inverd common geen f m

34. Wads M&&e Rd - mar Backwater cammongrmfwm - ~ o f G l y r a

~ b o n e - f r w n ~ South Coast of NSW

35. M o p State Forest roughrotu~kdleavesabPut25mtnx~ and smail thin grt3eM-I Rowers.

We& that's mt a bad saart. If you can add to the bst please send me some detaik,

The follo~irng is the updated list sent to me recently by the AustraAan National Botmk Gardens.

* Coma 'Betty Fawcett' * Correa 'Bett's Re@ * Cmea 'CaKty Pink'

Wrca "sky W Cmea W a d ' Gnrea 'Msrian'al MarveP

~b Coma #dm C Q . M River' t cmea * ' I * w d Gdb

C m a 'Pink Mist' C m a mllaxar w. miha 'Fat Fred'

I have put an * in front of &s I don't yet have. Who ca, send m cuttings, please?

Exciting Discovery

~ a s t ~ e & w h e n ~ ~ w a t a k t o t h e ~ m d ~ ( ~ ~ ~ ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r w p , ~ ~ t h o t t h e r e w a recorded form of C m a M r n w. mmca&x a Pat- on the Hawkeshy Rim, but I cllidn't krww if it existedanym. ~ r ~ t h e m e e t i n g s ~ t o ~ e h e d o f ' i t b v t s e v e r d m e m b e r s ~ t o b t a ~ a M for it next time they were m the ma.

# Lastmonth,I~Penywmtetotellm~the&singcoDanyhadbeenfounddkistfwivina lquote

from Isabel's letter.

'The colony is only abaro We mimites walk from hrddmtkt area of Patmga...ii is con- to a rand m q M b ~ L l n f a r h n a t e ) y W e w c r o n o ~ a n d o n O y a ~ o f t i n y W t o b a ~ Aretun- i n a m g n t h s r s o s h o u l d k m w e r e ~ d l n g , k ~ w e r e g r o ~ m b a t ) l s i d e s o f a w a l k i ~ ~ , a D l d h a ~ ~ a f e w ~ ~ , w h i c h c ~ u p ~ ~ ~ ~ t e e p , r o c k y f 3 c e o n t h e s o o t s i d e a f t h e W . The Pam creek is on the 0 t h side - &water at this staget

A second letter fKm Isatxi added the fobwing in fohath .. t

'from my study of the Lands Pept. map, I'm fatty that the Ccwrea hremkma is just inside the b o m d q o f ~ M W a t e r N a t i o n d P a k . E v m i f t h i s i i r n d s o , I w a u l d b e v e r y ~ i f t h s ~ b e v w h M t o ~ p # t o f ~ r e s i d e n t i d p b n , a s i t i s a d j a < . R n t t o # l e w ~ o f t h e P a t ~ C r e e k . ltisdooa very steep slope mi rsccess w W be difficult. ....... We were all impressed with the atPlrrctive foliage and g- habit of this correa, thwgh we that the ffowers are mtkr m e . But perhaps that is becase the site is so shady.'

Isabel has sent me cuttingozmd I shoukl havesome matmidto pass on naxtwhter.

In homw of the &sovery, I m imbhg the g e m rn Cunea I~mrmchm from my m p z h e m.

The Mamain Correo was named after RW. h e n c e , a T a w d m batadst, who dcctd the fist spedmtnshTaemanin,pmb&ly wovbd Lawweston. It has a very wide m g e sxtemhg from south east Qwedml to b k Kcmbke h NSW, V i a d Tasmania L a m s are usWj ova! to heart-strepcd aard may bg -my disthgWmg this species from other Comeas. Plants v#y in she ako frwn s r d dmbs to m s ~ t h e ~ s i s n o t w e i - k m w n h ~ i k o c c u r s i n d i s t r r c t ~ m d t h e s p e c l e s h a s b e e n slmtldiyjtled into six vakties.

C w. h m m h a is the f o i fomd in T m Khg 1- Victoria, ACT and in the Snowy Mts of NSW. Leaf size md shape may vay cmdeWy and leaves may be either My or smooth Flowers are m o w greenish-yellow, ddm$~ some red famw a-e not urrcamm#r. AMkrs)ryfmwiththickbveszrmdsharthajryWmoccusinthe

C bwwwhwm w. cOrdWa is found an the south coast of &W and grow to about 3 metres inhex@& Rhswlagcbroadheart -~kmandt)reMnarrowpalerdf towersare cmi.4 on long sknder stalks. A fann o c u h in the Mogo State Farest.

C lawrerrdana MU. m%cruc@yx isageen-iloweredvarktywiehamuchlarger~thathe arzhcr C. -types, T h e p h ~ o w s t o a ~ o f 4 m a t t e s n i d e d c o m i i t j o r w . hwa? first W t e d on tk Etawkesbsrry River rrear Sydney and lm k e n r e c e r e h a d in 4kd lQcation 1 m r e c e n ~ s e n t ~ o f ~ f m f r o m M i d d l e ~ M o r r s r t a i n s o t h e ~ bsuvivhghatkasttwoknowollocation I t m a y s t i l l e x l s t i n t h e w l k i a t M ~ n e a W d h g q , but there have been ncr recent collectians.

6. n w t V 6 0 8 0 0 ~ ~ ~ & 0 f ~ ~ o e o i u r k 0 * m l 0 t h . r . ~ p i m ~ 0 f ~ ~ andVictoria Shnrbsaref W g e ~ u p t o 4 m i n h c i L S l t . Thebrgeshinykathery kaves a e M e atmtk and flower c o k ~ & varies frm pale red to crAnson.

C. Immmfim vw. gl-fm i s t h e W s t r a r i e t y r e a c M g 7 r n i n s o m e ~ Tkthh \ , & l i & ~ h r o v a l h ~ s s a r i l a r ? r ~ b ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t o 8 ~ i n ~ T h i s v a i e t y i s n a m a d f W t h e w

d o a s w ~ ~ e p r ~ r r t w r t t r e ~ x . Rowwsaregreerrishy~aml~r6ari(?fyjS remk%ed to the M a c p b c m Range in S. E. C M m d d , W most northerqr clcwerwe of Carrea. There b a C. lmr-ma recmckd for &&ar Range N a h d Park in rtatherm B W ~ C h m a y bethemnevariety.

C, w, gerroensis is named after the &ma Rim kl far east Victwia where it was cdected. h d f f e r s f r o w r o ~ ~ ~ i n t w v i n g # ~ u m - s h a p e d ~ w i t h f w p r o r r r i n e r r t m w W d t t r e p & r e d f l o w c r r s w e ~ a a v l e r y s h o r t s t a J < s . tthasbeenrecwcsed as a low &nib growk?Q on the river bank W e it is subjected to periodic

Where v a k a o v m ; k r s e e f m may be found m k i the m s had to idemify. are two kmm hybrid%

I havefoundtheC hwm'& wie t ies~sbwtosb ikekr tapar t f rmthat tky ae not too difficuft I ~ W t k s ~ W ~ k ~ s t o a t h i r d o f t h e i r s k e . I n t h e ~ t b @ ~ p t a n E s haw b m p u t i r r f o a s e r s l i - s ~ ~ w i t h ~ . 7 h e g r ~ b h e a v i l y ~ b u t n a t r ~ b l y ~ Ihavehcddfew l ~ b u t ~ w t h i s ~ s l o ~ .

ifarcyonewwklbkiks to &dth&orm persanal expwSences M C . - m s d r n e atnief r q m t d I'II include it in the next newsletter.

C m rcl?izxo 'Mack Nose Point'

Peter Lmg reamiy smt m a couplc of flowers of phis interesting m e a The flowers are quite lape, S S m m l o n g x 1 3 m ~ , b n g h t r ~ w i t h q e e n t i p s a m d v e r y s m a f l ~ y ~ ~ t 5 m l o n g x 7 m w i d e . lh - m r a s t b c t m t h c ~ e b f : t b ~ e r ~ f ~ ~ ~ t k k w e r s s M s t a n d w t q u i t @ ~ . Hs ph'its are still 'm pots so m> cutting mtd is &aMe yet. Dcm anyone else have this pht @ o w ? p?tmw write nd ?rend a h k f report I wuukl also k IpzteW for any cult&$%

Cuma M~WS

R m M c K e c m n s e n t m t h i o ~ l f r a m a ~ a ~ o f h i s ~ f r o m a n r s c s y m ~ He s d d i t W s k c a C reMa He'sright. C.Wens w a s ~ r r ; a m e & z n t o a ~ ~ d f r o m ~ b y l h M* cnf @andford h 71806. T k sseed.was' dected in 'Nerw Hollancr (pwFsiMy arovnd Wmy.&y) . R has g a ~ mdw scverd mimes - Antammchfia 'wens, Cmer) M?Ywa, Cwrea sgedasa var. vliens (T- 7855) wtd Cmm ~L&JT w, wkm ( V t c t e 1831). It hag been h W e d inthe C m mRexa group It is t ~ * l t k r m w n i f t h e ~ & t ~ R m ' s f r i e n d i s a p l t g o f ~ M a r ~ seechg, pvhably w t It 'samtMcaseof my name W do. I thM Mmmyrnan in qum& w&ds to w e hi% pofewbml hmy, lwwww. It 9 ~ s k e k b o o k ~ c w l d b e c l a s s i f i e d a s ~ .

6a;ea 'Cd~ne's Hybrid' vs 'Marian's Wmel '

~ann Russell wrate that there seems to. be s tide confswion between these two hykids and some : pe@e think they are 'be same! ph?. I ha\re both growhg d can assure Johor that t h y are qrrite different

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C. oCae's Hybrid has apple-green leaves which are rough on top with & M e vein markings. The mckdck of the I d him thy whitish M s and the leaf mzrg#~s are a little ainkly. The Rower has a long ~ p e ~ t u b e w N c h b p i n k a Q n o s t t o t h s ~

C.'Mmwn'sMim!#tmC ~ # a s m o f i t s p a r e n t s d h a r r s o m e ! f ~ c o m m c ~ l w i t h thet spedes. Leaves' oe a Miy W green an tbp, convex wtth mfy a pr-t mid-& The underside of WY k a f h t k y r u s t y t y ~ w i q i t i t h w h b h h k . FkSBvmiimmeoutwardqcIpbgredatthetipsandarepnk ~ ~ W ~ t k b ~ o f ~ R o w k , ~ 3 n t o a c r e ~ g e e n c ~ w i t R j u s t a h i n t o f t a r

Wma Grafting with Steve C k m s h a

Oct. '92 My C.'Mmii'gaftedonto C reRex8 isgrnwingwd-new~sandshoots.InowhaveC. jxkklb @edonC m#tsd andwrotherC,# p a f t e d o n C ' M m a n d a C

(8rd Tree) grafted ori C ' M M . C. &w mkpted Im taken m C, slRa Othm I haw done have not given a ckar r e d yet, I am not if od Comas except C. alba are gaft mmptbk with each other, but if not there s h d d be a fak range of choices. I grafted a

I piece of C amda onto C. r e m a and another one onto a fwm of C. @m

TkemethodI mmhg is what1 callsidewedge - I &eit betterthantop wedge as there a e two sides to the stock and scion that can take. Top wedge is Mdy to do. Side wedge is eas& because you are worl<b.lg with W e r mod. I c o w ?d wafted plmts with a plastic soft drink bottle with the bottom cut a&. They take in 4 weeks or somthws more.

cort here splitstemi3hw just bekw a d a dmp razor

blade

cut a @actscionin art of each splitsection -7 n $

. , it is too thick o t h d i )

TI& is the method I have used with my successful grafts but others would Mnk just as well. . . .:, .

'-'Side wedge& sRnilartoTopWedgebut~'done ontheside. A

Cut scion to a'wddgeas

mt remove in t k p r w cut SeGt iu l \Id The -4 graft. The bawk is nwtdred d i t i s t k d r p .

T h is e d r than Top Wedge ZB you work with thicker wood I have rwt proud it successful with Correas yet butamslreit WJIh. . . . -

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Side @raftr;g

. . Cut a piece Cutscion out of the to match

, stcrck (slice ouo j of one side)

basekethis. ' '

- w the joined sfxtbn

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I ~ m a t t e m p t e d t h i s ~ with Correas as I prefer side wedge. l t i s a n ~ e a s y W i a y t 0 ~ ~ ~ w&wel.

W a y '93 IhavenatdlonemuchCmeagmftmglately. I Mnoswwmvwth C, hybridscmCaR~. C. pWw& dokwel lonC. relgexa butiskdyonitsownrootshere. IqaftedCa~~&cmto C ePlzwa I t g r e w w e t l f o r a w h i l e t h e n d i e d ~ t o t h e r o o t q s t c m r ~ ThecmbhaWI havermdoubtisc-tb. T h c s a m e ~ w ~ ~ ~ p u p l e s ~ s f r m t h e Gmqkm. Unforhxwtely, 1 kst dl of W. hobabty h d y t m s of C relkxra or tough ~~ wT be the best stock. A Crowea gafted onto C a b b 2- w d but I can't get my Correa to we on A.

On the Cwea Ttail with Bob O ' M

On17thAgrilI set 0utforS.A a n d a m a m v e d . a t V ~ ~ ~ a t f : 3 0 p . m t h o t e ~ Myputpose was a Cvrrea mmbk of my own, to add to the sparse f m b m of S.A plants that I had, By contacting the S,A, people through Wir nwpzkw, I had a contact organised at Vior HarfxxK; they were weat.

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I l l a d ~ ~ o f n v a ) o i n g a W f e ~ a d d i t i o n s ~ t k w a d , b u t x h a c i s m ~ p o ~ ' P h e ~ ~ , ~ o f A d d a W e , I h a d t l ~ ~ , W q u S t e a ~ ~ Itmayonce,butnow with (1 mdwsmcl) 95% of the pe&lsula c b 4 there just #enat masty spots to find coma% 1 did find sevlwal C m w in the Wi. (Lmxtbm have ken fisted on P. 3)

S o u t h o f M ~ I f a r n d w o s i t e s o f C. m~s imi ta r fo tmasPt~whkhBs imaPr to those in th L i D e r , of V'., sp##bng a dstme of 280 kms E a t to Wed. I m on& a s m e that t k twgh Little ~ e s e r t f m w ~ ~ ~ e d ~ t h r o u g h t k i s w h o l e r e g l r w l , b u t i t ~ t o k ~ ~ o ~ a f ~ p o d c e t s now,andWscat tdat that . -

Fiatherwest onYakesrndEyrePeWtdasthereshouWbe~Comis . p&tapssomebody& ~ ~ ~ d a n d p i a c e t ~ r a ~ ~ f i Q m t h t ~ I f s ~ w a s ~ S . A w a y i n t o ehe Ywke ad Eyre Pmtmub areas, perhaps a swap of mi& wtthgs coldd be anan@. I have a wide sdaicm of muck mtthp ah We moment, give me Fdir tinte and that a d d be made hto a very good selection

C A ) r r m p r ~ w a s t h a t a l o t o f g o o d V M ~ ~ a r e s t i l t o W W w a y l v e s h H a d R I i indka MQ m A t e r d n g to find C. ' M m s Mmd, C. " OrLdcy Belks' ard an c mnma the * r m m t h from a WWE m m y t I m e d the bad rdfyr a htk by.t&by over 30 w t k g s ~ s m q u i t e n k e ? c w m s , 5 & w w t o m y h o s t k t V i c t c l r ~ .

l ? ' 3 ~ ~ A n a w C m h a s m y s t w i o r w t y ~ i n m y ~ w h m no Coma ought to be. I w p n d e r i f t h e C u l f n r a r R ~ ~ w i P ~ C a r r e a ' M ~ s M a d l a e s s " l