Tuesday
8th
August 2017
SHE
SAID:
I
persuaded Geoff to come out for the day with me on an orchid hunt. I
was pretty certain that we would find terrestrial orchids, as I had
seen signs of them before in the area that I wanted to go to.
We
found them straight away: lots of Northern Sun Orchids & quite a
few Pink Fingers. Higher up in the Herberton Ranges we also found
what I think is the Common / Hairy Jewel Orchid, but it wasn't quite
at the flowering stage. I'm hoping we can return late next week &
find some flowering.
We
continued the 4WD trip across the Herberton Range Ridge Road and into
Atherton. Then it was back to Djarawong in the late afternoon.
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| Caladenia carnea - Pink Fingers |
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| Side on |
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| Size of one of the flowers - this one was especially big |
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| Northern Sun Orchid - Thelymitra queenslandica |
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| Whole Plant - Northern Sun Orchid |
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| Hairy Jewel Orchid |
It was a good day out. I like heading off bush sometimes, and spotting orchids for Varena can be fun when I actually find some. Today I found some!
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