Mainly flowers up our drive
The main expedition covered by this post was a walk up our drive as a reaction to Frances spotting a Diuris sulphurea on her walk this morning. I didn't find any of them (nor indeed D. pardina which also flowers on the block) but there were a few other pretties. It is a bit unfortunate to start off with one I can't recognise, but there were an awful lot of this species - and its quite pretty. Stylidium armeria (trigger plants) were also in large numbers. This is definitely a Lomandra sp - my guess is L. filiformis . It's unusual to see them flowering in profusion. so I assume this is some sort of reaction to their being little competition due to the fire and the relative warmth plus some rain has done the job. One of the masses: Xerochrysum viscosum . This had a bonus insect. The patterned wings indicate a fruit fly, family Tephritidae . This is definitely a Goodenia and the usual species for that is G. hederacea . Vittadini...