Large orchid approx 65cm growing in swamp heath
T.media ?
Potentially aff pauciflora? Spotless ixioides? arenaria? Need ID.
Location shown on map is intentionally imprecise.
Main ID features distinguishing peltata s.s. from auriculata are hairy sepals (pic1) and lack of/withered basal leaves at flowering (pic2).
Plants growing under Melaleuca uncinata. Flowers are completely underground except for a ring of bracts pushing above the ground and leaf litter under the trees. Tiny flies were observed leaving the flower.
Flowers were gently excavated, bracts eased open. After photos were taken, the bracts were closed, sand and leaf litter repositioned around flower.
Very few of these plants are observed and classed as Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant).
Unfortunately during 1988 a wildfire burnt the area and the orchids have not been relocated at this location.
An attempt to distinguish between 𝘏. 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏. 𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢.
Possibly 𝘏. 𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢? Flatter orange/brown hairs more parallel with the stem.
A well-fed bladderwort! I have nice videos showing the captured organisms swimming around but iNat doesn't admit videos.
Note the lobed lower pinnae.
The fertile frond is medium-dark green in vivo, 1.18 m long with stipe 77 cm long and six pairs of pinnae, the longest (lowest) of which are shortly stalked, to 300 mm × 12 mm. The sterile fronds are 0.8 m long with stipes 45 cm (young frond) and 52 cm long, with 3 & 4 pairs of pinnae (respectively), the pinnae measuring typically 260 mm × 18 mm.
My identification is uncertain, as the only prior record of P. cretica in southern mainland Australia is a specimen of my own at the National Herbarium of Victoria, from a few km from this locality.
Stuck on this one found growing right next to a small stream. Quinn Nature Reserve, Mount Evelyn.
Caladenia sp. aff. venusta (Kilsyth South) as per https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/97f8164d-1e7c-43e2-97d5-b840cb86d59a
larva from one of the many galls on Eucalyptus cephalocarpa (Mealy Stringybark) flower buds recorded at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens on 3 June at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220384300 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220384302
18m depth; 3m long; whilst scuba diving. No cage. Very curious of divers. Circled for some minutes.
distinctive scarring on right hand side behind gills in front of dorsal fin - three lines on a forward sloping angle.
A plant about 40 cm tall growing in sandy soil.
Growing on old fruiting bodies of Russula albonigra from last year.
One fresh Russula fruiting body observed from this year.
Had weathered snow during winter
Growing on sediment-encrusted rocks in a creek within a fern gully.
Associated species: Austrothamnium pumilum, Camptochaete deflexa, Heteroscyphus fissistipus, amid Pomaderris aspera, Acacia melanoxylon, Dicksonia antarctica, Cyathea australis, Coprosma quadrifida, Bedfordia arborescens.
Not sure what this species is doing here if my ID is correct. Does anyone know if it could be a garden escapee? Several plants growing here.
Unusual Amyema, possible A.quandang X A.pendula hybrid? Has quality's of both species. Elongated and greener leaves than A.quandang. Buds and flowers are also longer although upright. The immediate area around this track junction has a high concentration of Grey Mistletoe and a few Drooping Mistletoe nearby. Found a number of these intermediate plants in this area on both Acacia mearnsii and Acacia melanoxylon.
Comparative images included. Image 3 showing buds. 4 showing leaves at growing end. 10 & 11 showing open flowers.
Beaumont Nature Reserve, NE of Condingup
Flight similar to a hawk
Plant 1.2 m high; phyllodes up to 6 cm long; inflorescence 13 mm in diameter.
Could be one of the P. curviflora subspecies, but looking at other identifications of P. micrantha, it seems to match. Pubescent foliage on both sides, hairy flowers. About 10-20 individuals on a remnant rocky escarpment
Adult female
Multiphasic call, terrestrial location confined to
dense understory.
On windfall branch