This morning (22 September) I responded to
Denis Wilson's post about bird orchids to the effect that we had lots of orchid leaves here but nothing in flower. Then I took the small dog for a walk and found a blue orchid, which used to be called
Caladenia caerulea but was then subject to taxonomic adjustment (the politest word I can think of) but is now known as
Cyanicula caerulea. I took Frances back to show her - we had only ever seen 1 of this species on our property - and found about 50!! YOWZA!
Here are some images:
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Note the white spots leading the pollinators in! |
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This gives an indication of the density of the plants! |
After that exciting start to the day we went on the ANPS Wednesday Walk to the Bullen Range. Here we found Golden Moths (
Diuris chryseopsis) and the pink not-caladenia (
Petalochilus fuscatus).
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Diuris chryseopsis |
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A Petalochilus fuscatus |
A couple of days later (24 September) I found a Golden Moth on our property. This may be the first of these I have ever seen here.
Comments
Glad they turned out to be the Blue Caladenia. They're lovely little plants.
I took photos of the Glossodia minor today. Ridiculously "minor" - only two inches high, and as small as my fingernail.
Love the Golden Moths too.
I am jealous of that one.
Cheers
Denis