Midge orchids revisited and from a 2nd track : February 19 2025

Got a different day lined up. Doing a midge orchid walk with two friends - they walk a lot but have never seen midge orchids. Heading back to the track I walked two days back in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP

Patersonia iris flowering late in the season

Part one of the mission was to see the opening of this brittle midge orchid - was budding last walk - now open

Genoplesium baueri - the 2nd plant flowering well - an endangered orchid

Next up a fringed midge orchid - corunastylis fimbriata

In the middle of the track - Rupp's midge orchid - not totally convinced of ID

This is more clear to ID - very much corunastylis ruppii

Pink grevillea

Lichen patch in just one spot on the track

Turned around at the end of the grassy sections - came off track a bit - Sydney boronia flowering late

That detour offered up this little blue flower - milkwort

Found a cluster of orchids - Rupp's midge orchid and fringed midge orchids growing right next to each other- side by side photo was poor

Cicada husk perfectly preserved

Seeded midge orchid - hard to ID - cannot see any remnant fringes and colour is too green for corunastlyis ruppii

Got bee action on the Peach-flowered tea tree flower

Started down Kalkari Track - fab spider posed

Case moth encasement

Butterfly posed in zoom distance

St Andrews Cross spider

Found a few more midge orchids in the grassy sections - spotted a tiny yellow spot at the top of the midge orchid. Tough work getting focus and colour. The yellow is yellow bright - washed out in the photo. The fly is half a match head in size

The ladies enjoyed the walk. As it was an early start, drove down to walk Grosvenor St fire trail to see if bunny orchids have started.

First up - a neat mushroom

NSW coral heath flower - never tire of photographing these - they are so delicate and precise

Mini pea flower

First midge orchid on this track this season - budding

Flowering fringed midge orchid

Time to look for pollinators - tiny flies

Stepped back photo

A few close ups to get a few detail angles

Found a lot of midge orchids coming up in the area that was burned last season

Easy to see the dark colours 2 inches above ground where all the grass is gone - ID has me confused - colours do not match corunastylis ruppii

A few angles

Step back on the next one - yellow tips are ruppii

Two tracks and a bunch of orchids - pleased with that

Did shopping on the way back home

Watered all the lawns we top soiled at the weekend- photo of the walking lilies planted below our patio. Two plants with half a dozen runners. All started from one runner I nicked in Queensland in 2019

Dinner: Thai Green chicken curry
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