Sun orchid walk on Terrey Hills side of NP : September 1 2026
Got a warm day coming up. Warm for the start of September. Plan for the day is to find a track to walk and do some shopping. Picked a track in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP not often walked - looking for a few spring orchids and a track with no traffic noise
Track I planned to walk runs at right angles to the Perimeter Trail - walked that a bit and saw a flash of blue. Thought it was one of those markers walkers leave to highlight something of interest - nope it was a spotted sun orchid
Close up of thelymitra ixioides - they need a 25C day to open. Got that.
Walked down Smiths Creek firetrail - track moves away from the houses on a ridge line going down to the creek.
Patersonia iris - often come along at the same time as sun orchids
Wax flower - had not noticed the weevil when I took the photo
A few flashes of blue in the bush. Not sun orchids - dampiera purpurea
Off track for a red spider grevillea. Was hoping to find snake orchids in the scribbly gums. None of those
Lots of yellow pea flowers with bees. Picked this one for the photo and saw a bug
Moved around a bit for the photo - a well disguised bug with shades of yellow
Sundew plant pushing out a new flower spike - they like a bit of damp
A few flowering - sundew
Red spider grevillea in great light just opening up
Hibbertia flower - the yellow likes to grab the light making it hard to get a photo in focus
Had spied the checker board bug - the other bug cruised in for the photo
Framing for a wattle flower
Sydney boronia - no bugs
Grand old scribbly gum
Grey spider grevillea - my friend calls them woolly spiders
Drumsticks flower - a few only
A bit of testing for hibbertia flower - light and shade. Light sort of works
Back to bugs. A large pea flower and a weevil easy to spot - not eaten any of the flower yet
A bit of woolly - small leafed white beard
Coral heath flower
Side on angles
Wax flowers
Smooth ziera - smaller than a US penny
Grey spider grevillea in a different more direct light
Clustered darwinia - not sure how common these are. First time seen inland
The whole walk down Smiths Creek produced no orchids. I took a short walk along the Perimeter Track as I recall seeing sun orchids previously. Sure enough found one - thelymitra ixioides
Side on. Tracked back and a found a lot flowering close to where I joined the track
Short on spots
Subtle colour with a touch of pink
Full on spots. Turned into a long walk with spring flowers and insect and bird action. And orchids all in the first 200 metres from the car
Did the shopping. Got home before school zones. Busy afternoon doing accounting. Software I use is killing me - super slow.
Bbq for dinner. Nice temperatures to cook outside
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