Mosquito Orchids

Managed to squeeze in an hour of bushcare work on the property en route to the office this a.m. Caught up with Jan from the TFL Bushcare team who was on site as part of their regular fortnightly visits, and wandered through the scrub at the top of the property.

We came across a couple of sparse patches of English Broom which we dispatched with much vigour, but the find of the day was a clump of orchids, about 2m across, containing several hundred plants, with several in flower.

Not having a camera handy (apart from the useless thing on the phone) we marked the site to return to on the weekend, when I can take some decent photos. My guess is that I've found a clump of Mosquito orchids (Acianthus exsertus).

Photos to come next post.