Thursday, September 4, 2014

The bush in bloom

Over the next few months the Box-Ironbark forest around Rushworth, Whroo and Gobarup puts on a wonderful and ever-changing display of wildflowers. The jet black, fluted trunks of ironbark, rising like columns from quartzy ground provide an attractive contrast to the many colourfully flowering shrubs such as Grevillea, Acacia and Hibbertia species - and a wealth of terrestrial orchids. Time to get the sketchbook out!


Rosy Heath-myrtle Baeckea ramosissima


Whirrakee Wattle Acacia hakeoides


Small Crowea Crowea Exalata


Cypress Daisy Bush Olearia teretifolia


Spiky Guinea Flower Hibbertia exutiacies


Fairy Wax-flower Eriostemon verrucosus


Dainty Phebalium Phebalium festivum



Pink Beard-heath Styphelia ericoides


Prickly Cryptandra Cryptandra tomentosa


Mint Bush Prostanthera denticulata


Twiggy Bush-pea Pultenaea largiflorens


Fringe-myrtle Calytrix tetragona


Wax-lip orchid Glossodia major


Yam-daisy Microseris scapigera




Cypress Daisy, wattle and box gums