There are few wildflowers I can identify in Kattang Nature Reserve. It is coastal bush, and I have not lived with that before.
I do recognise this Boronia, which is not the highly scented Brown Boronia.
My wildflower books were amongst those ruined in the flood; I had bought them over 45 years ago…
This lavishly blooming Pandorea pandorana, or Wonga Wonga vine, here spilling over a stump, had no need to climb.
For scent it is hard to go past this familiar Sweet Pittosporum, Pittosporum undulatum. It was native to my Mountain too.
It made me recall that on a riverside walk nearby I had seen, but not then recognised, the Yellow Pittosporum, Pittosporum revolutum.
The dainty Caladenia pink ground orchids were a welcome Spring sight. Their white or blue cousins are often seen too.
This one I did not know, but I have asked Dr Google and it is a Native Iris or Flag, a Patersonia species.
I do miss my wildflower reference books; will seek to replace them when bookshop visits are permissible again…
I walked to Pt Perpendicular this morning! Yes many flowers gone, but lots of small birds hiding in the shrubs on the ridge.
I did this walk this morning, Sharyn….not nearly as colourful or flower-filled as this time last year, probably because of our dry winter and spring. Not as many birds either…but always an interesting experience being in the Bush right on the coast.