To celebrate the New Year, I’m posting the 25th Australian Terrestrial Orchid species found growing wild on our land – the Rosy Hyacinth Orchid. Unlike many of the other Orchids we have here, the Hyacinth-Orchid is large and showy. They can grow up to 1m tall. As the name suggests, they have a brown leafless stem … Continue reading Our 25th Orchid Species: Rosy Hyacinth-orchid (Dipodium roseum)
Tag: Pink Flowers
Pink-Bells (Tetratheca ciliata)
A relative of the Black-Eyed Susan, which grows in New South Wales, the Pink-Bells flower is very beautiful. Usually blooming in Spring, the couple of flowers I photographed were very early. I wasn’t the only one who liked them. When I went back today to check on their progress, I noticed they had been … Continue reading Pink-Bells (Tetratheca ciliata)
Pink Eye (Tetratheca Ciliata)
The last two weeks have flown by in a whirl, and I realise I have missed last week’s plant species, so this week I will post a couple. The first is Pink Eye, a relative of the Black-Eyed Susan flower. While the flowers of the two plant species may look similar, the leaves are different. … Continue reading Pink Eye (Tetratheca Ciliata)
Exotic: Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
This pretty flower has had my attention for a month or two now. There is a very small patch of them growing along the front fence. In Summer, when hardly any flowers are in bloom, it was a lovely show for a while. However, I’ve just identified the plant as an Exotic species, or weed, … Continue reading Exotic: Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Fifteen Acres 