Pōhutukawa flowers (Metrosideros excelsa) by motorway overbridge. There have been a few early-flowering ones but it looks like the season proper is starting to get underway. #pohutukawa #pohutukawageddon #flower #SomethingBeautiful
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Pōhutukawa flowers (Metrosideros excelsa) by motorway overbridge. There have been a few early-flowering ones but it looks like the season proper is starting to get underway. #pohutukawa #pohutukawageddon #flower #SomethingBeautiful
For all the Metrosideros/rust watchers out there.
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
For all the Metrosideros/rust watchers out there.
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Climbing rātā flowers are open now.
Nice mini, early spring version of pōhutukawa flowers.
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Nice mini, early spring version of pōhutukawa flowers.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Climbing rātā flowers are open now.
Nice mini, early spring version of pōhutukawa flowers.
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Nice mini, early spring version of pōhutukawa flowers.
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Nice to see the metrosideros carminea, climbing rata is ready to flower.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nice to see the metrosideros carminea, climbing rata is ready to flower.
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#2569 - Metrosideros perforata -
Climbing Rātā AKA white rata, climbing rata, akatea or Akatorotoro One of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to Aotearoa, but unlike the famous Pōhutukawa this one is better known its growth habit...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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Metrosideros carminea.
Climbing rata is flowering and happily taking over the shed, which is fine by me.
Couple years back it was badly affected by myrtle rust but healthy now.
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Climbing rata is flowering and happily taking over the shed, which is fine by me.
Couple years back it was badly affected by myrtle rust but healthy now.
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September 19, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Metrosideros carminea.
Climbing rata is flowering and happily taking over the shed, which is fine by me.
Couple years back it was badly affected by myrtle rust but healthy now.
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Climbing rata is flowering and happily taking over the shed, which is fine by me.
Couple years back it was badly affected by myrtle rust but healthy now.
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My Metrosideros Springfire has been flowering continuously since early June. Usually starts early September so it was an early start this year.
October 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
My Metrosideros Springfire has been flowering continuously since early June. Usually starts early September so it was an early start this year.
It's been identified as Metrosideros parkinsoni, Parkinson's rata, which is rare in cultivation so it's not surprising I didn't know it.
September 30, 2024 at 8:28 AM
It's been identified as Metrosideros parkinsoni, Parkinson's rata, which is rare in cultivation so it's not surprising I didn't know it.
Hawaiʻi Nutrush (Scleria testacea) and ʻŌhiʻa Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), endemic. Waikahekaheiki , Puna, Hawaiʻi.
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Hawaiʻi Nutrush (Scleria testacea) and ʻŌhiʻa Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), endemic. Waikahekaheiki , Puna, Hawaiʻi.
There were lots of Kermadec pohutakawa planted around Wellington city, as they are thought to be a little smaller (I have my doubts). They are often the trees flowering out of the main season. They hybridize readily with other Metrosideros species.
October 9, 2024 at 1:35 AM
There were lots of Kermadec pohutakawa planted around Wellington city, as they are thought to be a little smaller (I have my doubts). They are often the trees flowering out of the main season. They hybridize readily with other Metrosideros species.
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Looks like Metrosideros collina 'Spring Fire'
Not a pōhutukawa and flowers sporadically through the year depending on conditions.
Widely grown in Auckland.
Not a pōhutukawa and flowers sporadically through the year depending on conditions.
Widely grown in Auckland.
July 21, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Looks like Metrosideros collina 'Spring Fire'
Not a pōhutukawa and flowers sporadically through the year depending on conditions.
Widely grown in Auckland.
Not a pōhutukawa and flowers sporadically through the year depending on conditions.
Widely grown in Auckland.
Explicação dos especialistas para as "barbas" dos metrosideros:
Leitores: Para que servem estes filamentos nesta árvore? - Wilder
José Mário Félix reparou nuns filamentos, como se fossem "barbas", numa árvore que gosta muito, e pergunta para que servem e porque nem todas os têm. Carine Azevedo responde. José Mário Félix reparou ...
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May 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Explicação dos especialistas para as "barbas" dos metrosideros:
Não são só algumas pessoas que se abraçam a si mesmas ou que beijam os ombros; algumas árvores como os metrosideros emitem raízes aéreas como que para se acariciaren e abraçar a si mesmas...
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Não são só algumas pessoas que se abraçam a si mesmas ou que beijam os ombros; algumas árvores como os metrosideros emitem raízes aéreas como que para se acariciaren e abraçar a si mesmas...
Georgina Burne Hetley (1832 – 1898) was a New Zealand Aotearoa artist and writer.
Her book The Native Flora of New Zealand was published in English and French.
Painting of Metrosideros fulgens and Trilepidea adamsii.
#WomensArt
Her book The Native Flora of New Zealand was published in English and French.
Painting of Metrosideros fulgens and Trilepidea adamsii.
#WomensArt
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Georgina Burne Hetley (1832 – 1898) was a New Zealand Aotearoa artist and writer.
Her book The Native Flora of New Zealand was published in English and French.
Painting of Metrosideros fulgens and Trilepidea adamsii.
#WomensArt
Her book The Native Flora of New Zealand was published in English and French.
Painting of Metrosideros fulgens and Trilepidea adamsii.
#WomensArt
Side by side comparison of the flowers of two Metrosideros species native to New Zealand.
Left: Rātā moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii or Bartlett's rātā) has white flowers.
Right: Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) has red flowers. #SomethingBeautiful #pohutukawa #rata #flower
Left: Rātā moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii or Bartlett's rātā) has white flowers.
Right: Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) has red flowers. #SomethingBeautiful #pohutukawa #rata #flower
December 2, 2023 at 2:48 AM
Side by side comparison of the flowers of two Metrosideros species native to New Zealand.
Left: Rātā moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii or Bartlett's rātā) has white flowers.
Right: Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) has red flowers. #SomethingBeautiful #pohutukawa #rata #flower
Left: Rātā moehau (Metrosideros bartlettii or Bartlett's rātā) has white flowers.
Right: Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) has red flowers. #SomethingBeautiful #pohutukawa #rata #flower
Quite possible & it's in a construction site which isn't "normal". But I have seen other examples of Metrosideros around Auckland CBD that normally flower in November already showing "spring growth" in April, so I don't think what we are seeing is normal.
July 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Quite possible & it's in a construction site which isn't "normal". But I have seen other examples of Metrosideros around Auckland CBD that normally flower in November already showing "spring growth" in April, so I don't think what we are seeing is normal.
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 16, the Tiniest Maui Honeycreeper, a Maui ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana) on ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). These little ones are hard to photograph, as they're true creepers, mostly stay in close to the tree trunks--I got lucky here. :) 📷🌿🦉
December 16, 2023 at 6:30 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 16, the Tiniest Maui Honeycreeper, a Maui ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana) on ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). These little ones are hard to photograph, as they're true creepers, mostly stay in close to the tree trunks--I got lucky here. :) 📷🌿🦉
#Metrosiderosexcelsa o Àrbre de Ferro (Metra = Centre / Sideros = Ferro) originari de Nova Zelanda és una planta que al naixer pareix una suculenta més per les seues fulles engrossades...
...però al créixer es descobreix com un arbre excels de copa densa i festa molt dura (d'ahí el seu nom) 🌳
...però al créixer es descobreix com un arbre excels de copa densa i festa molt dura (d'ahí el seu nom) 🌳
April 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#Metrosiderosexcelsa o Àrbre de Ferro (Metra = Centre / Sideros = Ferro) originari de Nova Zelanda és una planta que al naixer pareix una suculenta més per les seues fulles engrossades...
...però al créixer es descobreix com un arbre excels de copa densa i festa molt dura (d'ahí el seu nom) 🌳
...però al créixer es descobreix com un arbre excels de copa densa i festa molt dura (d'ahí el seu nom) 🌳
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh daoibh go léir!
Seo 'crann Nollag' na Nua-Shéalainne, darb ainm Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Bíonn siad faoi bhláth ag am Nollag gach bliain.
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau!
Seo 'crann Nollag' na Nua-Shéalainne, darb ainm Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Bíonn siad faoi bhláth ag am Nollag gach bliain.
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau!
December 22, 2023 at 5:19 AM
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh daoibh go léir!
Seo 'crann Nollag' na Nua-Shéalainne, darb ainm Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Bíonn siad faoi bhláth ag am Nollag gach bliain.
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau!
Seo 'crann Nollag' na Nua-Shéalainne, darb ainm Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Bíonn siad faoi bhláth ag am Nollag gach bliain.
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau!
Happy Holidays everyone from New Zealand just past the summer solstice (pōhutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa, Myrtaceae)
December 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Happy Holidays everyone from New Zealand just past the summer solstice (pōhutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa, Myrtaceae)