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#Bloomscrolling #OzFlora 🌱
Have a lovely weekend, m'dears 🌸😘🤗
Gorgeous pinkish-red Gumtree (Eucalypt) blossoms in Sussex Inlet, NSW, Australia. 📷 Mine, 2025.
May 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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There’s something rather special about a #eucalyptus flower bud that’s about burst open, shedding the operculum (cap) and releasing the pink stamen
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A pink eucalyptus flower bud with the cap of the flower almost pushed off
June 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Ready to take to the dance floor - a pair of Dancing Spider Orchids (Caladenia discoidea) 🌱🌿

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Picture of two orchids against a sandy background
September 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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A lovely clump of Stark White Spider Orchids (Caladenia longicauda subsp eminens) dancing in the breeze. Seen at Kojonup, Western Australia

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September 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Pheladenia deformis - Blue Fairy Orchid

Endemic to Australia, currently starting to flower in the Perth Hills 💙

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A single purplish blue orchid flower
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Winter Spider Orchids (Caladenia drummondii)

Endemic to Western Australia, flowering between April and June in mallee woodlands
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Two Winter Spider Orchids growing closely together against a backdrop of the mallee woodlands ad leaflitter
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Utricularia chrysantha
Damper Creek,
Cardwell, Queensland
22ndMay2024
#OzFlora #Utricularia #Bladderwort
November 24, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Melicope rubra
Rutaceae
#MelicopeRubra #Rutaceae #LittleEvodia #CitrusFamily #ozplants #wildoz #ozflora #Australiannature #botany #nature
January 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Thelymitra apiculata - Cleopatra’s Needles

One of many terrestrial orchids endemic to the southwest of Western Australia
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Two orchid flowers that are deep purple with obvious darker spots and golden yellow edges
July 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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First Silky Blue Orchid (Cyanicula sericea) of the season for our Perth Hills area. These orchids are endemic to southwest of Western Australia, flowering August to October 🌱🌿

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September 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Came across this amazing patch of Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava) in the Perth Hills today 💛💛

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Picture of an expanse of yellow orchids in a sandy patch of soil
September 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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After nearly 60mm of rain this weekend, the clouds finally cleared and the sun came out enough to persuade some of the first Lemon-Scented Sun Orchids (Thelymitra antennifera) of the season to open
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #WesternAustralia
August 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Solanum succosum
Barkly Highway 30k west of Mt Isa,
22nd. Oct 2024
#WildOz #ozflora #Solanaceae
November 24, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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Philotheca nodiflora

A shrub in the family Rutaceae with beautiful, delicate blue flowers. Endemic to Western Australia. Seen in the Stirling Ranges in October.
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Cluster of delicate blue flowers, each with five oval shaped petals
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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A sunny winter day is the perfect time for a walk in the Perth Hills, especially as the Winter Donkey Orchids (Diuris brumalis) have just erupted into flower 💛🧡

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July 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Melaleuca viridiflora
Myrtaceae
Damper Creek, Cardwell,
North Queensland,
Australia
May2024
#Melaleuca #Myrtaceae #PaperBarkTree #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #nature
December 14, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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Winter Spider Orchids (Caladenia drummondii) might small in size but they thrive in the dry conditions of the Western Australian Wheatbelt before the winter rains arrive
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May 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid

It’s hard to walk past these orchids without being amazed by their wonderfully intricate structure, all designed to lure in unsuspecting pollinators 🌿🪰🦟

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August 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Winter Spider Orchids (Caladenia drummondii) seen flowering in May last year. Research shows these small orchids are pollinated by male pompilid wasps, or spider wasps
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Two orchid flowers next to each other
May 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Caladenia reptans subsp. reptans - Dwarf Pink Fairy Orchids

A beautiful species endemic to the southwest of Western Australia which is quite widespread at this time last year
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A cluster of several small pink orchids with green leaves
September 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Cyanicula gemmata - Blue China Orchid

There's something a bit special about the intense blue of this Western Australian native orchid
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A flower that has petals and sepals of an intense blue, there is an unopened bud seen just behind the flower and the background is blurred
April 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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A lovely bunch of Dwarf Pink Fairy Orchids (Caladenia reptans subsp. reptans) to brighten your day 🩷
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A tight bunch of flowers, with short stems and bright pink flowers
January 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Heliotropium pulvinum
Boraginaceae
East of Barkly Homestead,
Northern Territory, Australia
#HeliotropiumpPlvinum #Boraginaceae #BarklyTablelands #NorthernTerritory #ozplants #ozflora #AustralianFlora #Australiannature #wildoz #nature #photography #photographyofbluesky #bluesky
March 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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This seems appropriate for today, being 1 April

🤡 A magnificent gathering of Clown Orchids (Caladenia roei) seen last spring. These orchids are endemic to the southwest of Western Australia
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A cluster of orchids that have petals and sepals that are striking with their red stripes
April 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Caladenia reptans ssp reptans - the Little Pink Fairy Orchid

Seen in an area that was burned last summer, the bright pink a striking contrast against the blackened ground 🩷

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Pink orchid flower against a back drop of blackened scorched ground
August 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM