Sunday Orchids
Sunday, we still went hunting for orchids, but we stayed close to home.
Going by a hint given in the orchid group on Facebook, we went to look for Beak Orchids, and did we ever find some, hundreds of them!
Pyrorchis nigricans – Red Beaks
It still hard to believe to me, that something that lovely grows in sandy soil.
These orchids produce large, fleshy, heart-shaped leaves commonly called ‘Elephants’ Ears’.
A burn of the environment is usually necessary to induce flowering, particularly in coastal areas. Which is exactly what happened nearby.
Had to get out the macro lens.
I liked how this one wanted to pose with the cowslip orchid.
And then there were a few cowslips all together.
We then took our walk to our own back yard, Koondoola Reserve.
There were so many of them.
This one was posing nicely.
Always a lot of donkey orchids in Koondoola, although this year there was a lot of growth over them.
These donkeys had a different shape to them.
