5 orchid types on Warrimoo Track : June 30 2023

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Slow start on a blue sky day. Pushed to write up overnight investing to be on a walking track in the National Park soon after midday. Hoping to find new greenhood openers - have two in mind

Fringed helmet orchid to start

Nice cluster below the track growing on top of an old shell midden - corybas fimbriatus

Several open flowers in frame

One photo showing the oysters shells from the midden. The people who laid down those shells have not lived here maybe 100 or 150 years or more

The midden site just above the water of Cowan Creek South Branch

Mushroom in miniature

Waxflower - hard to get focus right

Hiding in the undergrowth on the other bank is a grey heron

New rock orchid location right next to the track

And high up above the track

Wattle flower in great light

A few epacris longiflora still going

Even a few of these yellow flowers - hibbertia

Walked further than I normally do to the creek that comes down from Sphinx Memorial. Not a good area for orchids as it is all casuarina bush

Surprised to find a flannel flower still going

More mini mushrooms

Back to orchids - cobra greenhood - not wanting to show labellum

Pterostylis grandifloris

Pixie caps orchid - acianthus fornicatus - #3 flowering for the day

Nodding greenhood - pterostylis nutans with raindrop or condensation drop. Not rained a few days.

Zoom in shows serrations on the labellum

Spurred helmet orchid - corybas aconitiflorus #5 for the day

Looks like a flower but is actually new leaf growth on a grevillea

More acianthus fornicatus - pixie caps orchid in low light

Did find a few more cobra greenhoods - this one was happy to show its labellum

A few more corybas aconitiflorus on the way back

Spurs showing up well - spurred helmet orchid

Sometimes a photographer just gets lucky. This butterfly was happy to pose and did not fly off

Side on shows the outer wing colours

Was a fab walk - still with no breeze

Did have to walk the dog when I got back. We are looking after a friend's dog. Walking seems to fall to me.

Did a little garden tidy up. Not my fun game

Dinner: Cooked rice to go with roast duck laksa I cooked a few days back. Easy

Trade action: Bought ASEA, BAC, BBD, DML.TO, MS, SGML, AWK, ELV. Markets were happy to rise into last dsy of the quarter. Going with them
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The photo are so nice and the plants looking fresh.

thank you so much for sharing the report and beautiful photos, have a nice day

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Flowers that are open look very beautiful and those that are closed look very unique

All the flowers shown are fully open.

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