Bracelet Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 17, 2003

Bracelet-Honey-myrtle flowers in my garden in Victoria, Australia, December 1993

Common name: Bracelet Honey-myrtle
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species armillaris

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/56539/

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Cixi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jan 30, 2010

I'm trying to ID a tree or shrub that I think - judging from your picture - is Melaleuca armillaris. Unfortunately I don't have a picture to send you for comparison because the one I'm trying to ID is in a neighbour's garden and I don't know the people who live there. Do you have a picture of the entire tree/shrub? Is it more or less upright with generally rounded form, but semi-see-through (owing to delicacy of foliage)? Do branches sway slightly in breeze, rather than being rigid?

Thanks for posting your 1993 photo, and for any further help you can provide.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 02, 2010

Cixi

Melaleuca armillaris does fit fairly well to your description. I didn't have a picture of an entire shrub, but I just went out in my garden and photographed one. It is not in flower at the moment. I attach the picture of the shrub. I also took a photograph of the distinctive seed capsules that are common and are held on the shrub for years (often only releasing seed after a fire). I will add that picture to another reply and will also add a picture I took of a few of the leaves. I hope they help.

Kennedy

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 02, 2010

Here are the seed capsules

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Feb 02, 2010

and here is a close-up of some of the leaves

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Cixi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Feb 02, 2010

Hi Kennedy

Thanks for the additional pictures! I will stroll past the neighbours' place tomorrow and see if I can confirm this ID. (My only other hunch was Callistemon pallida but I don't think it's that.)

Cixi

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Cixi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Feb 13, 2010

Hi Kennedy, I'm now 99% sure that 'my' shrub and yours are the same. Many thanks again for all your help! Cixi

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