Mainly white and blue and right on time

In my previous post I commented that Early Nancies (Wurmbea dioica) could this year be referred to as "Right on time" Nancies.  They are really hitting their straps in our top paddock now.

They are diecious, which is an efficient way of saying the male and female flowers are on different plants.  This one is a male: it clearly shows the stamens.

Here is a female with swollen ovaries (and a bonus ant).

Continuing the theme of white we found that the clumps of Cryptandra amara were also on time in opening..  I tend to think of these as a heath, because they superficially look like epacrids and grow in similar places, but in fact they are  in the family Rhamnaceae with the genus Pomaderris.  If I was a Cryptandra I'd complain about that!

Here is a close up: they are not big flowers!

Leucopogon virgatus on the other hand is a heath.  It is much less obvious than L. fletcheri being a ground level plant with the flowers not hanging down.

So what about the blue you asked?  Well here is a Shingle-backed lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) which is pretty close to on time in emerging from hibernation.

 Here is a close up of its head with mouth closed.

Now that is a blue tongue.   Note that this isn't formally a blue-toungued lizard: they are genus Tiliqua.

I'll conclude with a yellow orchid.  Its in a pot but is pretty, which I believe to be sufficient justification to include it.