Waxlip orchids and pea flowers in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP : August 10 2024
Slow start for the day after late night watching Olympics. We have guests coming in the afternoon. Got a few things to shop for. Used the opportunity to go orchid spotting in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP in my old haunts. Needed a plan B as could not get into garage where my car is parked. Used my wife's car
Spring is on us - Sydney boronia
Grevillea
Pea flower
First waxlip orchid of the season right in the middle of the track
Matching leaf - not quite in focus
Quite a few patersonia iris open. Normally an indicator for sun orchids
Mushroom season is past - just a few around - this one on a fallen tree
Pink grevillea
Lichen time
Eriostemon with bugs
Bee posed
Wattle flower season in full flow
Blue sky and grand tree backdrop
Hibbertia
Was really a day for pea flowers - this one grows on a succulent type stem
More of a bush version
Purple version - hovea or harderbergia - cannot recall which is which without looking it up
A waxlip in a bushy segment - caladenia minor
Budding orchid - probably a bearded orchid judging by the bracts on flower spike
Close up of the glossodia
NSW coral heath flower
More pea flower action
Twining glycine showing the way the flower dries up
Leptospermum squarrosum
First of the dampiera purpurea for the season
A few banksia still flowering - this one nearly done
This one shaping up
Did find one sun orchid - bottom flower is not quite open - needs more sun - thelymitra ixioides
Got the shopping done. Our guests cancelled sick.
Dinner: roast chicken - no photos
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