nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Waratah time. Telopea speciosissima. The backyard is shining with red and white torches. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Looks like a good flowering season is coming up for the fairly rare local endemic ‘green rock orchid’ aka Rimacola elliptica. They are all looking very robust and ready to send up spikes in another few months. 030
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Banksia coccinea flower opening. This is about 7yrs from seed. 030
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Dendrobium striolatum aka streaked rock orchid. Satisfying to see these colonies still growing well after many years along the local cliff walking tracks. 030
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Its the weekend… so the Satin Bower bird is back building, singing and dancing… 020
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Chiloglottis formicifera - fascinating forms. This a 2 metre patch here in the mountains of the local tiny ‘ant orchids’ coming into flower. 040
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Lachenalia kliprandensis from Namaqualand. More winter growing and flowering African bulb strangeness. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Guardian of the water filter… when you lift the cover off it doesn’t move - it just glares at you. This quite big ‘red back’ spider has a body abdomen of about 11mm. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Gold Tamarillos aka Solanum betaceum are almost ready to drop. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Been seeing hundreds of local hoverflys lounging around asleep during the day reclining on flowers. Makes me curious to know what they are doing all night. 011
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Extracting raw honey from frames and filtering it through a cloth mesh to remove the errant wax is one of the most satisfying stages of keeping bees. This is 5L from two frames. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Eucalyptus pulverulenta aka silver leaf mountain gum. Coming into winter flower at the beginning of winter its one of our popular local native bee and honey bee foods. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Tonight the milky way is looking bright and shiny - a quick snap of the southern cross and pointers with the massive Eta Carinae Nebula. 010
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Satin Bower Bird is experimenting with scattering yellow objects like flowers and cockatoo feathers with the blue. 020
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Stapelia grandiflora - a few of the mass of new flower buds opened today. They do have a lingering strong odour… 050
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The end of the beginning - blood moon slides into totality. 040
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Mottlecah - Eucalyptus macrocarpa. These flowers were about 150mm across. 030
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Turtle orchid - Chiloglottis reflexa is out atm in the local bushlands. Tiny but fascinating ground orchid. 083
nano_entity @nanoentity.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Long steady stream of Bats returning to Hyde park on Sydney skyline tonight… 051
