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Pub plant at dusk

22 July 2007 in Photography by Stilgherrian | 2 comments

Photograph of palm at Coopers Hotel, King Street, Newtown

As I sat drinking red wine and discussing politics with the Snarky Platypus yesterday, the lighting on this plant at the Coopers Hotel, King Street, Newtown, caught my eye. Anyone know what it’s called?

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Tags: king street, n80, newtown, snarky platypus

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Andrew Boyd on 23 July 2007 at 8:22 am

Hi Stil,

Xanthorrhoea AKA Grass Tree AKA (in less PC times) as a “Black Boy”.

See http://www.grasstree.com/ for more (I have no affiliation to this site).

Cheers, Andrew

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Stilgherrian on 23 July 2007 at 9:23 am

@Andrew Boyd: Cheers, thanks for the information. It wouldn’t have bothered me if you were affiliated with that website, though, you’ve taken the time to respond.

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