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I think that this post’s two images showcase the flower heads of Pimelea sulphurea, commonly known as yellow banjine.
It is endemic to Western Australia’s southwest; click here to discover more.
As is true of many WA wildflowers, each one of its flower heads contains many individual flowers.
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This post’s photos showcase the effect of the little kangaroo paws’ “Velcro-esque” aspect.
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The featured image shows a remarkably fresh-looking example of Anigozanthos bicolor, commonly known as “little kangaroo paw”.
On October 30 2023 there were many members of this species in bloom, but most of them looked “somewhat past their peak”.
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In order to see “just how much is going on”, you really need to get yourself/your camera near to ground level.
This post’s heroes are (I think) examples of Anigozanthos bicolor, commonly known as “little kangaroo paw” – a petite member of a small genus of bird-pollinated plants which also includes Western Australia’s (rather larger) floral emblem.
As you can surely see, the “hero” species is but one of many different plants that were flourishing on October 30 2023 in some wandoo woodland on the drier, inland side of the Darling Range, circa 100 kilometres southeast of Perth.
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This post’s photo was taken not very many footsteps distant from where I took the preceding post’s featured shot.
As you can see, even a very cursory glance at today’s featured image reveals an abundance of flowering plants, in bloom.
”A marked contrast to the plant life in yesterday’s picture”, you think?
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How do “the seasons” actually work in southwest Western Australia?
In 2023 one could reply, “they don’t, anymore!”
However, even back in the “good old days”, anyone who paid attention already knew that “seasons” in WA had precious little to do with any calendar’s dates, nor with European notions of “four seasons”.
This was already the case long before the coining of terms like “global warming”, “climate change” and “the Anthropocene”.
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Generally, when Australian humans think of bees, they are thinking of Apis mellifera, the so-called “western” – or “European” – honey bee.
When Australian humans venture outdoors, Apis mellifera is the only bee species that most of them ever notice and/or recognise.
Australia has an estimated two thousand native bee species; circa 1,600 of them have been identified.
Around 800 identified species live in Western Australia; many of them live only in some part/s of Western Australia.
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The above photo and the one immediately below feature the same individual.
Unmistakably, the tail announces that this forest red-tailed black cockatoo is a male..
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On the afternoon of 26 August 2023 Shenton Bushland was already very colourful, although “peak Springtime flowering” was probably still a few weeks away.
None of this post’s flowers are hard to find at this time of year, providing you are in the right kind of place, within southwest Western Australia.
Shenton Bushland is one of several “right kinds of place” that are less than 20 minutes away from Perth’s CBD.
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The “donkey” is an orchid.
The “spider” is an actual spider, on the orchid.
The large orchid is impossible to miss.
However, to enjoy a good look at the tiny spider you should zoom in on/ enlarge the featured image… and then inspect the uppermost part of the donkey orchid.
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