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Metrosideros robusta, commonly known as the northern rātā, is a forest tree endemic to New Zealand.It grows up to 25 metres (82 ft) or taller, and usually begins its life as a hemiepiphyte high in the branches of a mature forest tree; over centuries the young tree sends descending and girdling roots down and around the trunk of its host, eventually forming a massive, frequently hollow ...
Metrosideros parkinsonii, also known as Parkinson's rātā or shrubby rata, is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand. The name commemorates Sydney Parkinson , Captain James Cook 's botanical artist during his first voyage to New Zealand.
Josh Emett is a chef from New Zealand. He is co-owner of Onslow restaurant at 9 Princes St Auckland, The Oyster Inn on Waiheke Island and most recently Gilt Brasserie in Auckland with his wife Helen. He was the co-founder of Rata restaurant in Queenstown and restaurant chain Go-To Collection which includes Madam Woo, and Hawker and Roll. [1]
This species of climbing rātā is often cultivated for its bright flowers that appear in the early spring. It is generally available from most retail nurseries in New Zealand, although most plants sold are from adult cuttings which grow into shrubs rather than climbers. Carmine Rata prefers a moist semi-shady position, sheltered from frost.
Metrosideros / ˌ m ɛ t r ə ˈ s ɪ d ər ə s,-t r oʊ-/ [3] is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Myrtaceae, mostly found in the Pacific region.Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular.
Metrosideros bartlettii (Bartlett's rātā) is a tree in the family Myrtaceae, [3] [4] reaching a height of up to 30 metres (98 feet) with a trunk up to 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) in diameter.
Metrosideros colensoi, the climbing rata or Colenso's rātā, is a forest liane or vine that is endemic to New Zealand. It is one of a number of New Zealand Metrosideros species which live out their lives as vines, unlike the northern rātā ( M. robusta ), which generally begins as a hemi-epiphyte before growing into a huge tree.
Metrosideros fulgens (scarlet rātā, rātā vine [1] or in Māori akatawhiwhi [2]) is a forest liana or vine endemic to New Zealand. It occurs in coastal and lowland forest throughout the North Island, on the west coast of the South Island and on the Three Kings Islands north of Cape Reinga.