Had ideas to get out to look for early flowering spring orchids. Took a while to decide where to go - took the car to drive up the riad from where used to live.
Car is parked in an apartment block a little up the way. We have only one space in our block - I rent mine. Always puts a block in the way of doing stuff on the spur. Sure hope there is insurance for flood cover. A few inches of water on this lower level (my car in the corner)
Drove to Murrua Road access to Ku-ring Gai Chase NP - in the corner of the truck parking area is a cluster of greenhoods. This cluster is a bit deeper in than I have seen. Good news as the spot I used to see them got smashed
They are blunt greenhoods - pterostylis curta. Was hoping to see some open - it is the season
Pretty clear it is the season for red spider grevillea - a lot flowering
Also mimosa season - tricky to photograph. There is a leaf in focus
Pea flower time
Saw this flash of purple well off track - was hoping they ser sun orchids. More pea flowers on a climbing spike
Yellow pea flower
The ling leaf shape is good news - site of a leek orchid that got strimmed away last season and kicked over the year before. Maybe this year.
Plenty of hibbertia flowering too - also a hard photo subject. The yellow grabs the light and stops good focus
Walked a big slice of the main track as I recall seeing sun orchids near the end last year - do like flowers across the track photos - red spider grevillea again
Sydney boronia starting to show as I walked up the hill
Hakea flower posed across the track
New opener for the season - wax flower
Drumsticks flower - first for the season
Lambertia formosa
Stopped to take the photo of this scribbly gum - a great shape - and a surprise up above ground
The surprise - a snake orchid up high - cymbidium suave. Will be a hard photo subject when it flowers. Bring a ladder
Two tone pea flower
Track view looking down toward Cowan Creek
No luck finding sun orchids - did get a pink grevillea (adding to the grey whose photo was deleted - out of focus)
Photo across to the road down to Bobbin Head to show the pink and yellow flowers - spring is on its way
Leptospermum squarrosum flower is well ahead of schedule amd a few buds to open
Starburst flower - my name
NSW coral heath flower - new buds above
Heard the calls of the black cockatoos - got a photo of one - one of 3 pairs nothing away on fruit in one type of tree
Walked the grassed area next to the old age home. Has been mowed recently - as long as they do not mow again, these onion orchids will flower in the summer. With close to 10k steps done chose to not walk any of the other tracks. Going to do those next week
Spent the afternoon working on a nee product launch - an AI social media reply tool. Resting if it works across platforms. Created a bonus - launches next week
Dinner: Pizza
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