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Wildflowers - Yuraygir National Park NSW Australia

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Onion orchid, "Microtis unifolia". Located next to an area we call "the Bees"; approach at your own risk.
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Onion orchid, "Microtis unifolia". Located next to an area we call "the Bees"; approach at your own risk.

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  • Onion orchid, "Microtis unifolia". Located next to an area we call "the Bees"; approach at your own risk.
  • Purple Donkey Orchid, "Diuris punctata".
  • "Viola banksii". This lovely flower is also known as the native violet and was originally collected by Banks and Solander. It is an example of a scape, where there is a flowering stem, with all the leaves at the base of the plant.
  • Flax Lily, "Dianella crinoides" or judging by the less intense colour, possibly "D. caerulea". Another clue to ID is the location of the plant (rough and dodgy guide!) "D, caerulea" in forest and woodland, "D. crinoides" on headlands, and the third "D.congesta" forming mats on dunes.
  • "Cordyline stricta".
  • "Drosera spatulata", Rosy Sundew about to bud. Leaves in basal rosette with insect catching sticky hairs.
  • "Utricularia sp." We are having another look at this one for up dated ID. Found in tyres tracks along side track from Diggers' Road.
  • "Utricularia sp." Bladderwort. These are carnivorous aquatic plants that trap insects in bladders on their leaves or on their roots. We have not seen the gold ones, but have found several shades of blue, and a white one. The golds are called "U. aurea' and "U. gibba". We are having another look at this one for up date of ID.
  • "Utricularia sp." Up dated ID is pending. There are about 233 species of "Utricularia" and they occur on every continent except Antarctica. To quote from Wikipedia "All 'Utricularia' are carnivorous and capture small organisms by means of bladder-like traps that feed on minute prey such as protozoa and rotifers swimming in water-saturated soil. Aquatic species, such as 'U. vulgaris' (common bladderwort) possess bladders that are usually larger and can feed on more substantial prey such as water fleas...nematodes, and even fish fry, mosquito larvae and young tadpoles." Please read on to next image
  • "Utricularia sp." Bladderwort. There are more images of these exquisite tiny flowers about image 387, There is a fire break road near Diggers' where they grow in water in the tyre tracks. Possible "U. caerulea" or "U. dichotoma". To continue from Wikipedia, "Despite their small size, the traps are extremely sophisticated. In the active traps of the aquatic species, prey brush against trigger hairs connected to the trapdoor. The bladder, when 'set', is under negative pressure in relation to its environment so that when the trapdoor is mechanically triggered, they prey, along with the water surrounding it, is sucked into the bladder. Once the bladder is full of water, the door closes again, the whole process taking only ten to fifteen thousandths of a second."
  • "Epacris microphylla", Coral Heath. Flowers in late winter to spring.
  • "Epacris obtusifolia", Blunt-leaf Heath
  • Probable bladderwort, "Utricularia sp."
  • "Xyris Operculata" , Tall Yellow-Eye, past blooming.
  • Tall Yellow-Eye, "Xyris operculata", about to bloom.
  • Review suggests this could be "Mitrasacme polymorpha". See image 150. It does not however much resemble its putative cousin "Mitrasacme alsinoides" which is described on page 113 of "Mangroves to Mountains" first edition, and the new edition has the "Mitrasacme sp." on p. 202; these all have four petals, whereas this flower looks to me more like a "Utricularia sp." There is a useful key to identification with an article "The genus 'Utricularia' in the Northern Territory" posted by the NT Government "greening the Territory". We reviewed this image in May, 2013, and the final is "Mitrasacme polymorpha".
  • Unknown, but most likely a Spike Rush in bud, "Ealeocharis sp." in bud.
  • We think this could be a dicot, possibly "Mazus pumilio".
  • Unknown but probably an orchid leaf. ? "Corybas sp."
  • Common Riceflower, "Pimelea linifolia".
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