grows on my farm and is very beautiful
I have fond memories of this plant, dating back to my days as a wee young-un
It's wonderful!
In Goethe's "Zur Farbenlehre" the German polymath discusses the intensification of yellow into red, and finally into the regal 'purpur', in the positive, active side of his colour wheel. Sadly, the poet never visited New Zealand, but if he had he would have found in this beautiful flower an incredible illustration of his ideas.
I think it is a beautiful rare shrub with tubular orange flowers.
i like its gentle hue of green. it reminds me of my native village.
I like this plant because the colour combination of the flowers remind me of a nice crisp sunset.
It is close to my heart and means a lot to me and my sister xxx
Far too beautiful to be rare and threatened. A true gem
I am voting for the rhabdothamnus solandri because it's a gorgeous little plant with its open-ended trumpet shaped flowers perfect for pollination by birds such as tui, bellbirds, hihi, and tieke! The bright orange-red flowers add a beautiful pop of colour to any garden and it is so important that this adorable little plant continues to exist in Aotearoa!
It is a great plant
It's a beautiful plant and deserves to be saved from extinction.
Lit name
My friend told me to
The Rhabdothamnus is singular in its beauty, and commands respect like a particularly impressive nasal hair.
My friend Paul is passionate about it
Such a distinctive plant - always a pleasure to sight!
It is a grand and slow-growing giant, a long-lived beauty struggling to cling on at this time of ecological decline.
Beautiful plumage
It is unique, delicate and special and grows just up the road in the Waitakeres...very pretty flowers, charming and not very well known...
Because I really like it!
Unique and lovely!
Because it has a silent 'h', and they're always desirable.
Love it
I just really appreciate tubular flowers
It's pretty
Why wouldn't you? It's the best!
This is a marvelous plant, not only for the stunning banding patterns seen on its trumpet flowers but also for its role within the ecosystem. It is pollinated by stitchbirds, wonderfully interesting in and of themselves by being the sole member of their taxonomic family and recovering from near extinction from just a small population to a now stable population endemic to the north island. The plant itself is also endemic to the north island, giving it a special place in my heart from my days as a young boy exploring the woodlands and encountering these stunning flowers. Although not endangered I worry for their longevity as a species due to the extinction debt placed on them by the extinction of many of their pollinating birds. Surely their ability to persist due to their slow growth and long lifespan hows to us the value of taking a step back every so often from our hectic modern lives and enjoy life at a slower pace
a delicate bush wonder
Its pretty!
I like the colour and it grows near where I live
It's the best
Because
I'm here because Paul Newton Jackson is a fan of this plant and I'm a fan of him ....
It is so pretty and rare, so happy to spot some flowering along the Pipeline track in Waima... Also my nephew told me to :-)
very pretty plant, seems to flower all winter and still going in Hamilton (world urban ecological restoration capital). Planted on the Hamilton East School Nature Trail and supplied by forest flora!
The Rhabdothamnus is my choice for its stunning bloom, the stripes of which are unusually attractive to the eye. Its appealingly haphazard shrubby growth adds to its charm as a plant, compounded by the delicate leaves that populate it and perfectly compliment the narrow stems of the shrub and together form a fine yet resilient plant that should rightly be named the best in New Zealand.
It is a worthy winner.
Chosen by my 8yo daughter who likes the flowers
The delectable stripes.
I wish to note this shrub's particularly splendid-yet-delicate infloresences, its highly tactile leaf surface, and its pleasingly tangled growth habit.
A beautiful and unique shrub that deserves recognition and appreciation.
I like its colourful flowers, and the raspiness of the leaves reminds me of a cat tongue.
Unconventional leaf shape. A delightfully eye-catching and affective flower. Nice and spindly. What's not to like?
Its flowers are so tubular
Truth be told, how could one not vote for this plant? The overall shape of the shrub is exceptional. On a more micro level, the texturing of the leaves is unparalleled. Lastly, the sheer "Wow! factor" of the flowering leaves the botanist to pick their jaw up from the floor.
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My brother recommended. He is a basic bro and this is a basic vote but what choice do I have?
For the same reason as the stitch- and bellbirds - the humble matata offers up some of the finest nectar of all the eudicots. Its iostephanous notes are vastly less sharp than those of the negria rhabdothamnoides, but you get rather more oomph than from a feeble depanthus. Hope to see this beauty bless the North Island for many vintages to come.
Needless to say, my vote is cast because of this shrub's particularly splendid-yet-delicate infloresences, its highly tactile leaf surface, and its pleasingly tangled growth habit - the likes of which one rarely see in other shrubs.
Because it's an honest little flower
It's the most fun and stripey of all NZ's flowers!
It is the finest of the plantae in the Water Hemisphere.
This must be treasured before its inevitable demise.
I like the stripy flowers.
A lovely, friendly little flower
Always a nice surprise to find turepo in flower, growing on a shady bank.
Lovely flowers and sandpapery leaves - it's beautiful, uncommon, and there's nothing like it!
love it
I love the funky stripes on the tiny trumpet flowers.
The flowers are a lot different in color to what you see in most other nz natives
Cris (26 Nov 2019)