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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Diuris pardina - Leopard Double tail Orchid - where in one a spider has taken up residence and captured a pollinating insect - probably a wasp.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Thelymitra ixioides aka Spotted Sun Orchid. You can tell even though it’s not fully open because you can see the dark spots.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Thelymitra nuda aka nude Sun Orchid

nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Chiloglottis formicifera aka Ant Orchid

nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Calochilus robertsonii aka Purple Bearded Orchid.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Calochilus robertsonii aka Purple Bearded Orchid or just ‘Purple Beardie’.

nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 1d

Caladenia cucullata aka Hooded Caladenia. The local bushland is starting to fill out with the spring ground orchids.

nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 3d

Sarcochilus falcatus aka Orange Blossom Orchid. This wild one fell during a storm a few months ago from about 10m above and seems to still want to flower.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 8d

Astrophytum myriostigma aka Bishops Cap cacti in flower again - this unusual variety with a distinct red tinge.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 9d

Pterostylis bicolor - the Black Tipped Greenwood orchid growing in a road side swamp.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 9d

Diuris pardina - Leopard Double Tail Orchid - although these ones have only started to open so the bottom sepals haven't unfurled yet. This was in a very old cemetery which had just been mown so lucky to find anything.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 12d

Silene inflata aka Stridolo. Entertaining flowers for an old Roman favourite breakfast food eaten with eggs.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 12d

Helicodiceros muscivorus. Dead horse arum. You are welcome.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 16d

Todays best echidna… it’s a small juvenile that was scuttling about on the side of the road.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 16d

Dockrillia teretifolia aka Dendrobium teretifolium - ‘Pencil Orchid’. This cluster is growing on an old eucalypt railway sleeper. They smell like vanilla.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 19d

Chysis bractescens - a surprisingly hardy orchid from central America producing multiple spikes this year.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 21d

Epic George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic performance last night at the Enmore Theatre. Many funk classics and grooves and much energy.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 22d

I spoke too soon… a flower is now forming on the ‘Dead Horse Lily’ Helicodiceros muscivorus. An odd plant that is the only species in its genus from Corsica & Sardinia islands. It has a large flower with internal surface texture like horse hair and smells reminiscent of a dead horse as it heats up.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 24d

Banksia plagiocarpa, aka Hinchinbrook Banksia or Blue Banksia seed cone looking magnificently weird.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 24d

Waratah season…

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 24d

Clianthus puniceus aka kākā beak. Critically endangered in the wild NZ native. However it is actually fairly easy to grow from seed as long as you stratify the seed for a week or so in the fridge.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 28d

Isopogon cuneatus

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · Sep 7

A return to activity for the bee friends. Thankfully still no Varroa.

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nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · Sep 7

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