Kākābeak - Planted By LIttle Hands
Item Number: 25
Category: Home and Garden
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The dynamic Rugrats duo Angus and Louis (with help from Mum) have grown these seriously threatened Kakabeak plants from seeds. They are in high quality potting mix and easy grow pot. They will be approx 5 - 10 cm at the close of auction. They must be collected from Stewart Island. 'Ngutukākā is a plant of special significance to New Zealand. There are two species, both seriously threatened with extinction in the wild: Clianthus puniceus and Clianthus maximus. Its conservation status is Nationally Critical and is found only in New Zealand, with its closet relative in Australia. Ngutukākā is named for its beautiful red flowers, which hang in clusters of 15-20 blooms and are shaped liked kaka's a beak. Hence Ngutu meaning beak/lips and Kākā meaning the native parrot of the same name. Ngutukākā has a long-lived seed which may still be able to germinate after 30 years, creating a seed bank that holds many seeds ready to germinate when conditions suit. This enables it to grow in shrubland which is not permanently open but is frequently disturbed. The seeds wait for light gaps to appear, e.g. following a tree-fall or a slip, and then germinate in response. Plants can grow up to 2-3m tall, producing long, trailing stems that form new plants when they come into contact with the soil. In this way, one parent plant can cover a large area. Being a member of the pea family, Ngutukākā can fix nitrogen, enabling it to grow in infertile sites' From Department Of Conservation Website
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