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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 21h

An Australian Raven feeding from flowers of Banksia blechnifolia! Sooo cool to see!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 21h

Wishing I was this Beetle on a Podotheca 😍 amongst all the wildflowers

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t really have a root system just persist on the seed reserves until they find a host, the ones I germinated a while back didn’t form any roots

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if it’s been studied in this species, in the unrelated Cuscuta use volatiles in the air and shadows, I imagine something like that could be happening, cause they were all facing the way towards the tree!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 1d

And another cool thing was seeing germinated seedlings of Cassytha melantha growing towards their host, which was an already parasites Burracoppin mallee, so I guess on their way to parasitise their parents aha

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest of all the #Cassytha! C. melantha, one that prefers trees! This one was smothering an E. burracoppinensis, and was a common sight to see, an impressive species that is found around the southern parts of Australia!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta love our prostrate Banksia species! Such odd species, at least when you consider all the trees and shrubs around of them! This ones #Banksia blechnifolia an endemic species between Jerramungup and Gibson area and one of my favs for its Ferny foliage!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 4d

#Orobanche minor time, this weedy species can be found all over Perth and many areas around the world! Now they are a ubiquitous weed parasitising a wide variety of plants, most likely enjoying the Nasturtiums in the garden bed!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 4d

The cute lil flowers of #Eucalyptus subangusta subsp. cerina! This subspecies can be found in central to east-central wheatbelt region, and is distinguished in adult form mostly by its longer than usual operculum than other species and when a seedling it has Glaucous leaves and stems!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 7d

Sadly the same size haha

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 7d

Guess this could be called the Thread leaved Bitterpea being called #Daviesia nematophylla! an inland WA species that’s is common in sand plains and alluvial flats!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 7d

Did anyone say Native Carrot, will it is in the same genus, #Daucus glochidiatus, but yeah no root, but it is a very widespread and adaptable species, I guess if you have seeds that spread via fur you get around far

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah it’s quite a variably growing species! I seen it in clay soils and granite outcrops as well as the sandy areas very adaptable

Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 8d

Stunning #Pileanthus rubrinitidus coming into bloom at work 😍

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 8d

Tiny Daisy Island in a sea of yellow sand! The Mossy Sunray #Hyalosperma demissum, part Gnaphalieae tribe, many of this genera looks like a showy everlasting but some like this one dont scream Aster at first glance! Up close tho they are a really cute species worthy of getting down to ground level!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 9d

This glistening #Pterostylis sargentii was enjoying life under this Sheoak! Commonly called the frog Greenhood I can kinda se why! Has lil frogs legs behind. If only my camera could capture the sparkling perianth it was almost unreal

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 9d

#leptomeria preissiana putting on a show! This is a widespread hemiparasitic shrub that is within thee #Santalaceae family! I love our odd parasitic plants here!

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Pauline Grierson @pfgblue.bsky.social · 9d

Margaret River spider orchid (Caladenia citrina) in the bush garden

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 10d

A stunning lil shrub #Chamelaucium pauciflorum! Tho one was looking a little on the rough side, it was still flowering! This species is widespread over the central inland areas of WA,

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 12d

I feel like I’m gonna awaken some eldrich horror Everytime I say this ones name #Chthonocephalus pseudevax! Not just a photo of the ground but a photos of a weird as hell Daisy! Widespread in the arid zones of WA! Love em!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 12d

The The Sedge-Rush that’s actually more a Grass but it still its own thing, confused yet? 😂 #Ecdeiocolea monostachya is part of its own family Ecdeiocoleaceae, a family of 2 genera and 3 species that are sister to the Poaceae!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 14d

Oh did not noice the smell maybe to early in their opening! Spectacular for sure!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 15d

Omg would be nice to have Smell-O-Vision for the smell of these #Hakea erecta was amazing! A common species in the area, so there was not a moment of not smelling them at the site!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 15d

The Flame Grevillea, #Grevillea excelsior, is coming out in its full glory atm! This was a smaller one I could reach but those flowers are amazing, this is a wide ranging arid zone tree!

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 15d

A stunning Mallee out in Southern cross #Eucalyptus burracoppinensis, named after the town Burracoppineast of Merredin. Gotta love an endemic Euc! And one with such stunning flowers and distinctive fruit!

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