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[Richard_M]

Since Richard M in Australia posted a pic of a weird dwarf orchid a few days ago, I’ve been searching for the NZ equivalent. A lot of our flora and flora originated in Australia. Separated by the 1200 NM of Tasman Sea, I know stuff just gets here by wind power alone. Look what I found! I couldn’t believe it! If it wasn’t for Richard’s pic, I would never have seen it.

Nice finds @Bushboy

We're heading to New Zealand next month to watch the All Blacks play at Eden Park. We're staying for a few days afterwards and I was hoping to checkout a few of the reserves. However, reaching out to a couple of the native orchids and macro NZ FB groups, I might not have alot of luck.

I also photographed these Pelican Orchids with a couple of other coins to give some perspective to the orchids size.

#1 This one is for you @Bushboy

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[Bushboy]

Yes! Love the 10c tiki...
I used to carry a little .22 bullet. Lost it somewhere along the way..

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Hope you find someone to show you their patch.
I would be keen but I’m a long way from Auckland... thank god!
Whangaroa

 

[Richard_M]

Yes! Love the 10c tiki...
I used to carry a little .22 bullet. Lost it somewhere along the way..

Hope you find someone to show you their patch.
I would be keen but I’m a long way from Auckland... thank god!
Whangaroa

Unfortunately, its twofold. One is, apparently August is not a good time for native orchids in New Zealand, whereas here in Australia there are usually plenty of varieties in flower, and two, quite a number of reserves, and in particular tracks where the orchids are, are closed due to Kauri dieback.

 

[Bushboy]

Don’t believe a word of it....

 

[deepaqua]

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RMA 17 by deepaqua, on Flickr

 

[Richard_M]

From this afternoon

#1 Mountain Helmet-orchid

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#2 Gnat Orchid

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#3 Veined Helmet-orchid

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#4 Fringed Helmet-orchid

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[Bushboy]

Impressive, 4 in an afternoon. Quite likely more common in Australia than here. Such cute weirdness. Nicely done.

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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EM121935-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[Bushboy]

They say, that orchids are amongst the most highly evolved of plants...
Not that you’d think so looking at these..
A single frail stalk, one leaf, but oh! What a flower!

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[Bushboy]

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I know you guys have had enough of these from me, so this is my last of them. These were in camera stacks 8 pics, close to 1:1 . My best so far.

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[Zman]

Jupiter 9 85mm

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[Bushboy]

NZ ground orchids, these are the last ones I’m posting...

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I promise!

 

[IvanTheT3rribl3]

Would this sunflower count? Growing in a small patch of dirt in a Chicago sidewalk, can assure you they are not intentionally cultivated. My guess is that someone dumped some sunflower seeds there accidentally when littering and a number of them then grew in this small dirt patch.

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[Slinky Malinki]

Drummond's (dwarf) thistle (Cirsium drummondii) at Bunchberry Meadows, Edmonton, AB

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[PeHa]

Some shots of flowers in the Stockholm archipelago. The two in the middle are shot with an adapted 50mm Zeiss Tessar from the 60's.

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[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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EM123053-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[TaoStory]

Queen Anne's Lace...

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Queen Anne's Lace Close Up by Thomas Remisoski, on Flickr

 

[Bushboy]

Here’s a transparent ground orchid...

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Found today.
And here’s a little bloke , one of half a dozen I found growing under a log.
I suspect 99.99% of people have never seen it before...

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[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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EM123070-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr