Weekly walk on Lovers Jump Creek - wasp orchids and leeches : January 28 2023
Another steamy day- humidity is climbing. Spent the morning writing up the week's investing posts. Was in my mind to go look for midge orchids in a different place - did not happen
Did a little garden work - sweaty stuff
Went walking Lovers Jump Creek - north side to see if there were midge orchids that side. Started with the loop down on south side of rainforest to check wasp orchids. A few flowering on north side of the track for first time this year - ID toss up between chiloglottis seminuda or sylvestri
New bud forming in a known spot - getting this photo scored a leech on the hand that went to ground for the photo
The leech cost me lots of photos not in focus - every tickle gets me hopping
Could be two orchids - seminuda has calli going half was down the labellum a d sylvestris has calli that stand a bit more like an Afro wig
Next ID challenge - genus is epacris - coral heath - note the shape of these petals
Wavy margins - look different to me
Broad leaved geebung - later than others I have seen
Zoom back to see the broad leaves
Skink sunning - was happy to let me get closer for photos
Pea flower - twining glycine
More differences on the coral heath
Did find lots of bonnet orchids - held off photos of ones seen already - this one past Clissold Road join
Was expecting to find a few hyacinth orchids - this one hiding under the ferns - not seen them here
Seeded form on the way back
Noticed some blood oozing on the edges of my sandal - I had not felt the invasion but knew I had to look
This one got me - they give me the creeps
One more hyacinth orchid - dipodium variegatum
Walking this track pains me given the track widening they have done in the sewer relining project - a new track they have carved through the bush to access the sewer lines for the houses up here. No orchids
Dinner: My wife cooked chicken massaman curry - good to have a day off
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