Sky came out blue. My plan was to get out and walk a track looking for a specific orchid seen last year on the west side of Ku-ring Gai Chase NP. A bit far to ride had me driving
Hiding in the undergrowth - hairy fan flower
Got to take photo of any orchids even if they have seeded
Guinea flower
Pink wax flowers - structure in the middle is a but different to the others
There were heaps of these - saw the insect arrive but not able to get it in focus
Spied a rosette of greenhood leaves
Greenhood budding
My favourite photo of the day - banksia against a blue sky
Context photo on Bairne Track - rains have dropped a lot of sand
Went off track into the rainforest - heart shaped leaf on the ground - no buds
Rainforest views
No orchids flowering but I did find mushrooms - it is autumn after all
Surprised to see patersonia still flowering - there was more than this one
Great views across to the mountains heading west. Not often is it that clear
Did find a few midget orchids not quite open - hard to ID but guessing fringed modge orchids
Is this different? Maybe not
How is this one?
Did find the orchid in flower for the orchid of the day
Fringed midge orchid
Corunastylis fimbriata. Was not far from ending my walk and I saw a bum in the air - an orchid photographer. Well. Well. Well. It is Kimba Dingo from Facebook orchids posts.
We have been sharing orchid stuff for a few years and we get a face to face chance. Follow me a short way down the road and I will show you the greenhood I posted last week - here it is
Pterostylis daintreeana - a new find for me
The flower is maybe 3 match heads big flowering 3 inches off the ground. The context photo is amazing - there are at least 6 orchid types growing on the sedge on top of these rocks.
This is also a special Aboriginal site - we chatted with some of the brothers there. All connected with the land - the orchid spotters more so
Great to be out on a blue sky day with the rain forecast tomorrow. And I was introduced to an orchid hotspot and a nutcase as passionate as I am.
The rest of the day went into investing accounting on my other portfolios and a few crypto moves.
Dinner: Spaghetti for the bolognese sauce my wife cooked at weekend
Trade action: Bought PKX, WMT, ENGI.PA,. Credit spreads on AMD, AMLP, NVDA, SEDG. Crypto: Bought IOTX. Staked PLEO:WMATIC, PolyCUB
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