Waxlip orchids and pea flowers in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP : August 10 2024

Slow start for the day after late night watching Olympics. We have guests coming in the afternoon. Got a few things to shop for. Used the opportunity to go orchid spotting in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP in my old haunts. Needed a plan B as could not get into garage where my car is parked. Used my wife's car

Spring is on us - Sydney boronia

Grevillea

Pea flower

First waxlip orchid of the season right in the middle of the track

Matching leaf - not quite in focus

Quite a few patersonia iris open. Normally an indicator for sun orchids

Mushroom season is past - just a few around - this one on a fallen tree

Pink grevillea

Lichen time

Eriostemon with bugs

Bee posed

Wattle flower season in full flow

Blue sky and grand tree backdrop

Hibbertia

Was really a day for pea flowers - this one grows on a succulent type stem

More of a bush version

Purple version - hovea or harderbergia - cannot recall which is which without looking it up

A waxlip in a bushy segment - caladenia minor

Budding orchid - probably a bearded orchid judging by the bracts on flower spike

Close up of the glossodia

NSW coral heath flower

More pea flower action

Twining glycine showing the way the flower dries up

Leptospermum squarrosum

First of the dampiera purpurea for the season

A few banksia still flowering - this one nearly done

This one shaping up

Did find one sun orchid - bottom flower is not quite open - needs more sun - thelymitra ixioides

Got the shopping done. Our guests cancelled sick.

Dinner: roast chicken - no photos

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