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everything looks really big from here
Looks like a good flowering season is coming up for the fairly rare local endemic ‘green rock orchid’ aka Rimacola elliptica. They are all looking very robust and ready to send up spikes in another few months.
Dendrobium striolatum aka streaked rock orchid. Satisfying to see these colonies still growing well after many years along the local cliff walking tracks.
Its the weekend… so the Satin Bower bird is back building, singing and dancing…
Chiloglottis formicifera - fascinating forms. This a 2 metre patch here in the mountains of the local tiny ‘ant orchids’ coming into flower.
Lachenalia kliprandensis from Namaqualand. More winter growing and flowering African bulb strangeness.
Guardian of the water filter… when you lift the cover off it doesn’t move - it just glares at you. This quite big ‘red back’ spider has a body abdomen of about 11mm.
Been seeing hundreds of local hoverflys lounging around asleep during the day reclining on flowers. Makes me curious to know what they are doing all night.
Extracting raw honey from frames and filtering it through a cloth mesh to remove the errant wax is one of the most satisfying stages of keeping bees. This is 5L from two frames.
Eucalyptus pulverulenta aka silver leaf mountain gum. Coming into winter flower at the beginning of winter its one of our popular local native bee and honey bee foods.
Tonight the milky way is looking bright and shiny - a quick snap of the southern cross and pointers with the massive Eta Carinae Nebula.