Carapooee West, Vic - Mid Winter

åIt’s on again- the season turns

Out on Border Track today 13th July 2023 to check on orchid cages and re-emergence of plants, I found a very early Long-leaf Early Nancy (Wurmbea latifolia).

This is an ordinary Early Nancy- female plant- note the purple band.

Below is the very early Early Nancy- Wurmbea latifolia (today) with female flowers- no purple band.

Also flowering was Clematis microphylla.

Like Wurmbea, this species has separate male and female plants so the 3 that I know of out here in the National Park are either too far apart to pollinate or are all of the same sex . I have never found either seed or new plants- a case for a bit of a replant to boost the chances.

Near the last of the orchid cages was a small colony of Pterostylis robusta, protected from the busy mouths of the wallabies by fallen branches.

Large Striped Greenhood,

On 7th July my Golden Wattle was flowering-this is about the earliest I have recorded.

That’s all from Carapooee West and the Kara Kara National Park north end

Anne.