FLORAL FRIDAY, TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Wild Orchids

Some orchids from my birthday picnic at Jenkins Scrub.

It looks like nothing at all,

just a piece of ground left 

to it's own devices

luckily it has retained it's native vegetation

with the help of volunteers who 

weed out any imported species that suppress 

the valiant native flora that

survives by itself 

given half a chance

though we normally do not leave the path except for yanking

out the occasional weed,

grand-daughter was enthralled with the

many varieties of tiny flora

and looked before putting down an unsuspecting foot

today I am just concentrating on the few 

native orchids we saw,

the rest will follow in a few other posts

in a slightly moister spot,

this Donkey Orchid 

looked very healthy and larger than in 

more arid terrain

in dryer spots they still flowers but the

blooms were much smaller

my DD*, the Botanical Alchemist, who knows her plants

and those that are prone to share the same conditions

pointed out that orchids are mainly found where 

this pea-flowered plant, so like Dilwinia, grows

True to form, wherever we saw even a single little shrub of it,

there were also orchids hiding in the grass

this yellow orchid is actually pretty true to size

lucky last, this little bright beauty

unfortunately we did not encounter any spider orchids

but one must leave something for next spring as well.

Linking with

FLORAL FRIDAY

TODAY'S FLOWERS

and

I Heart Macro

* DD - read darling daughter