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
and
* DD - read darling daughter
