Lancewood

I checked out the thread on bloodwood in this ng Mick

Bloodwood:

Or you can check here maybe:

Michael Lehmann wrote: : I did some searching around and could only find a few pictures, but it : looked very nice. : I met a bloke from central Queensland the other day, and shortly will be : going out to get some Lancewood, Bloodwood and Gidgee.

Are you sure it isn't lacewood? Lancewood seem to be native to Florida and the island countries nearby. Lacewood is found in Australia. Is there a prominent pattern of elongated oval shapes? If so, that's lacewood.

-- Andy Barss

There seems to be a difference of opinions on a lot of web sites over what common name of wood is what species. I just guess that I have to get out to Barcaldine and get it. When I looked up lacewood, it said 'Silky oak'? Silky oak also seems to be grevillea robusta (and I have another grevillea here with a much deeper red and smaller grain than silky oak. Its beautiful stuff (I have a fair bit of silky oak too)) I'll see if i can find a botanical name in Department of primary Industries somewhere. Thannks Andrew Mick Lehmann

A. shirleyi (lancewood); Archidendropsis basaltica (red lancewood bloodwood : Eucalyptus gummifera

Maybe basaltica means it resembles Basalt. I've been told Gidgee is as hard a granite. Mick Lehmann