Melaleuca squarrosa also known as the Bottlebrush Tea-Tree, Scented Paperbark, Bottle-Brush Tea-Tree and Harsh-Leaved Melaleuca.
Melaleuca squarrosa flowers
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Melaleuca thymifolia
Melaleuca thymifolia is commonly known as Thyme Honeymyrtle.
Anigozanthos ‘Red Cross’
Kangaroo Paw, known as Red Cross, taken at Sylvan Grove Native Gardens, Picnic Point. Slowly getting better, it is a long haul.
The Swamp Bottlebrush
Another unusual flower from South West WA, the Swamp Bottlebrush or Beaufortia sparsa. Bright orange flower. Click on image to see the full size.
Grevillea “Goldfever”
Another Grevillea cultivar commonly used in gardens, called Grevillea Goldfever.
Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’ – flowers
A prostrate cultivar from the Woolly Grevillea (Grevillea lanigera). Both the flower and the plant are much smaller. Taken at Sylvan Grove Native Garden, Picnic Point. Click on image to see full size.
2022, the year that was
The Doc’s main theme for images in 2022 was barks and then flowers as Spring arrived. Over 6,000 images were posted to the Atlas of Living Australia in 2022. Consulting work prevented any travel, even after many of the lock downs stopped.
The first trip for 2023 is booked, Foray with Friends at Dorrigo on the mid north Coast of NSW. The theme will be fungi’s and slime molds. There is some consulting work to finish at the end of January then The Doc has more flexibility, once the final work on the Patrol is finished in mid-January.
Waratahs
Shady Lady Red and Shady Lady White.
Pycnosorus globosus – flowers
Common name is Drumsticks.
Isopogon anethifolius – flowers
The Narrow-leafed Drumstick flower. Weeveil rumble in one image.
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