Melaleuca scabra [Rough Honey-myrtle]

[DaveO]

Oldfield, D. 2015. Melaleuca scabra R. Br. (Myrtaceae) Rough Honey-myrtle. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light.

 

http://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/index.php/topic/1570-melaleuca-scabra-rough-honey-myrtle/

Maldon, Victoria, Australia

28 October 2015

Australian Native Wildflower as Garden Specimen

 

Synonym

Myrtoleucodendron scabrum (R. Br.) Kuntze

 

Comment

Melaleuca scabra is one of a number of strongly allied poorly known species which was introduced into England in 1803. It is now known to be restricted to a region in the Hopetoun – Israelite Bay district of Western Australia.

 

Visible Light: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Metz 15 MS-1 flash, 1/200 s @ f/16 ISO 200, Baader UV/IR Cut Filter.

Image Reference: DO62149

 

Ultraviolet Light: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Nissin Di866 Mark II flash, 1/200s @ f/16 ISO 200, Baader UV-Pass Filter.

Image Reference: DO62151

 

Ultraviolet Induced Visible Fluorescence: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens with Baader UV/IR Cut Filter, Nichia NCSU033A UV-LED with Baader UV-Pass Filter, 10.0 s @ f/16 ISO 1250.

Image Reference: DO62152

 

References:

Brophy, J.J., Craven, L.A. & Doran, J.C., Melaleucas, their botany, essential oils and uses, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACIAR, 2013, p. 315.

Elliott, W.R. and Jones, D.L. Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation, Lothian 1993, Volume 6, p. 361.

 

Published 22 November 2015

[Andrea B.]

FIreworks!

[DaveO]

What really amazes me about this one is the light UV-reflective parts of the flower. They were always black in Eucalyptus and Acacia so I'm trying to get my head around that! This is the time of year for these flowers so I'm doing as many as I can find.

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

[Andrea B.]

The difference in this specimen in the UV compared to the others you have photographed makes me wonder if this one might at some time be reclassified? Such reclassification not based on the UV appearance per se, but that the UV appearance indicates some underlying biological difference from the other Melaleuca.

 

Although, the M. wilsonii is also UV-brighter than the others.

[DaveO]

Funny you should say that. Some authors think that Melaleuca is very broad and should also include Calistemon which I'm about to post.