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Threatened Species Index @aus-tsx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today’s #WildlifeWednesday is the critically endangered Western Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri). One of the world’s rarest orchids, this tiny plant spends its entire lifecycle underground, relying on mycorrhizal fungi of nearby Melaleuca shrubs for nutrients! 📷 Jean & Fred Hort #WildOz

A small pink orchid exposed just above sandy soil. The orchid has 6 pinkish-cream bracts (petal-like structures) encompassing many tiny magenta tubular flowers.

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Caladenia flava - Cowslip Orchid This Cowslip orchid, with its distinctive bright red markings, is likely the currently undescribed subspecies referred to as the Brookton Cowslip (Caladenia flava subsp. 'late red') 💛❤️ #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Image of mainly yellow orchid whose upper sepal and petals have strong red markings along them

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Happy #wrensday from this gorgeous Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) She perched on this bottlebrush seed pod while watching for insects to catch for her breakfast #ausbirds #birds #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿💙

Picture of a small bird that is generally pale bewitch a long, blue tail. The wren sits on the woody, textured seed pod of an Australian native plant

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, we’ve had a good drenching these last couple of days. 30mm according to my weather station… very welcome!

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s been a grey day in the Perth Hills today, which brought us some much needed rain after a very dry spring so far this year 🌧️ These flowers did their best to add a dash of sunshine yellow to the day though 💛 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Tricoryne elatior - Yellow-rush Lily - bright yellow star shaped flower with yellow stamens

Hyalosperma cotula (I think) - Dailey like flower in pale yellow with a bright yellow centre

Stylidium diuroides - Donkey Triggerplant - single yellow flower with four petals and the trigger extending behind the flower

Podotheca gnaphalioides - Golden long heads - a cluster of small yellow flowers

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A few of the flowers seen in the Tingle and Karri forests of the Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the south coast of Western Australia this week. This area is part of the Walpole Wilderness Area, a 3,633km2 #biodiversity hotspot. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #iNaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Dampiera hederacea - Karri Dampiera - purple flower with a creamy white centre

Hibbertia furfuracea - a bright yellow flower with clustered stamens visible at the centre and dark green barrow leaves behind

Chorizema retrorsum - an orange and deep pink pea flower with a yellow centre and rain drops on the petals

Crowea angustifolia - Waxflower - close up of a white star shaped flower with 5 petals

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We were just in Walpole too! What a stunning part of the world! I totally loved all of it, and it was so pristine

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Granite outcrops are such an amazing environment to explore… they may look rather lifeless and boring at first glance but they’re actually bursting with biodiversity #ozflora #orchids #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of a granite outcrop with patches of moss and low green grassy-like areas with a wooded area in the distance

Thelymitra antennifera - lemon-scented sun orchid

Utricularia multifida - pink petticoats- an almost all white version of the usually pink bladderwort

Elythranthera brunonis - purple enamel orchid

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Utricularia simplex - Bluecoats One of the carnivorous Bladderworts endemic to the south of Western Australia. These were seen in Mount Frankland National Park growing in an open damp heathland area. #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist #nativeplants #fierceflora #bloomscrolling 💜🌿

Front view of a very small purple flower with a large lower petal and small upper petal

Side view of two very small purple flowers that are back to back, they have a large lower petal and small upper petal

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s always a treat when your bush walk ends at a stunning beach but to then find Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava subsp flava) growing on the beach makes it extra special 💙💛🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #Walpole #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

View of a sandy path through thick green bush to a beach and a calm sea ahead

Picture of a single yellow orchid flower with red stripes on the upper sepal and petals. The orchid is growing in a sand

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The view was amazing! You can see so far and in all directions. There’s actually a tower at the top of Mt Frankland which is still used today during the summer months to spot bushfires

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Headed up Mount Frankland (elevation 411m), on the southern coast of WA. At the top you can see the Stirling Ranges 145km away and find lichens thriving in the clean air up there #lichen #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿

View from the top of Mount Frankland across a green landscape seemingly covered in forest

View from the top of Mount Frankland to the Stirling Ranges on the horizon 145km away

Parmotrema crinitum - Salted Ruffle Lichen (I think)- Lichen growing at the top of Mount Frankland which is greenish grey in colour with darker patches

Usnea sp. Beard Lichen growing at the top of Mount Frankland

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carousel Spider Orchid @ Kings Park, Perth, WA #WildOz #Wildflowers

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Noongar season of Kambarang is upon us, a season characterised by an abundance of spring wildflowers. Here’s a few of the amazing wildflowers that are blooming around WA’s Southern forests at the minute IDs in ALT #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #spring #bloomscrolling 🌿

Hyalosperma cotula - a small daisy like flower of white and yellow

Stypandra glauca - nodding blue lily - a striking purple flower with promyyellow anthers

Pauridia occidentalis - small yellow flower with four petals

Utricularia multifida - pink petticoats- close up of a small pink flower with a yellow ruffled centre at the top

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Western Australia just had its second driest September on record… and now BOM are predicting an 80% chance that our temps between Oct and Dec will be in the highest 20% on record This is terrifying for bushfire prone areas🔥😟 #weather #wildoz #climate #elnino

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The beaches around the southwest of Western Australia are always good for a spot of beach combing or rock pooling. I think this large marine snail found today might a Turbo kenwilliamsi 🐚 #wildoz #beach #Dunsborough #gastropods #marine

Photo of a very rocky foreshore with a calm sea in the foreground and big waves further out. The sky is filled with white clouds and only small patches of blue

Large shell of a marine snail sitting on a sandy beach

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Caladenia paludosa - Swamp Spider Orchid Often found growing in dense coastal heathland in areas that are swampy in winter, hence its common name. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of a single orchid flower that has long, thin petals and sepals that are greenish yellow in colour with a deep red tip to the central labellum. The labellum has long red-tipped fringing. The ends of the three sepals have think brown tips.

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The trigger action is so rapid!

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stylidium petiolare - Horn Triggerplant One of triggerplants endemic to the southwest if WA. Like all triggerplants, this one has a sensitive floral column that snaps forward when touched by an insect daubing it with pollen 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #spring

Picture of two small pale pink flowers with four petals, two at the top and two at the bottom the flowers centre

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good news #invert story of the week 🦋 After a catastrophic decline in numbers over recent years that placed Australia’s iconic Bogong moth on the IUCN Red List, their numbers have really surged this year! #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist www.smh.com.au/environment/...

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After a catastrophic decline bogong moths are back, and naturalists are celebrating

Bogong moths numbers have surged after years of decline, flying evidence of an ancient transfer of vital nutrients from lowlands to the fragile high country.

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yet more stunning #spring #orchids from #Tasmania; I am very lucky to be able to go walking on my days off to find these beautiful little jewels. #flower #flora #botany #nature #Australia #bloomscrolling

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wildflower season is well and truly underway now in the southwest of Western Australia… the native bushland is quite literally full of colour 💛🧡🩷💜🌿 (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #orchids #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Dunsborough #spring

Caladenia flava flava - Cowslip Orchid - cluster of 4 yellow orchid flowers with red markings on the top sepal and petals

Chorizema diversifolium - cluster of orange pea like flowers with yellow centres

Pimelea rosea - Rosy Rice Flower - cluster of deep pink flowers in a spherical flower head

Agrostocrinum hirsutum - purple/blue flower with 6 delicate petals

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Caladenia macrostylis - the Leaping Spider Orchid With its berry-like cluster of deep purple calli in the centre of the labellum, this orchid is easy to identify. Endemic to southwest Western Australia and quite common in the Perth Hills. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Picture of a single orchid flower that has pale green sepals and petals with some red markings. The labellum at the centre of the orchid has a cluster of deep purple calli that appear almost like a beery

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A few of the flowers currently making their appearance in the Perth Hills and surrounding areas 🤍🌿🤍 Drosera stolonifera Tribonanthes elongata Stylidium hispidum Drosera macrantha #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Drosera stolonifera - Leady Sundew - cluster of white flowers with 5 petals each and yellow stamens in the flowers centre

Tribonanthes elongata - wooly flower with 6 petals and a tinge if pure on the petals

Stylidium hispidum - close up of a white flower with four petals. The centre of the flower has four deep pink markings

Drosera macrantha - Bridal Rainbow - single white flower with 5 petals and a tangle of branched styles and yellow pollen bundles at the centre

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Elythranthera emarginata - Pink Enamel Orchid These orchids are stunning whichever angle you look at them from. The speckled backs to the sepals are particularly beautiful 🌿🩷 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inturalist #bloomscrolling

Front view of a pink orchid flower that is highly shiny

Back view of two orchids showing the back of the sepals is speckled

The speckled bud of the pink enamel orchid

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some rather nice stratocumulus undulatus clouds around in the Perth Hills this afternoon ☁️💨 #PerthWeather #weather #clouds #stratocumulus

Picture of a grey sky with clouds in parallel lines

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW (generally regarded as the southern limit of this distinctive species). Very popular with a range of the smaller local pollinators on this sunny but cool spring morning! #Wildflowers #OzPlants #InTheField #Biodiversity

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A few more of the pink and purple flowers to be seen around the Perth Hills at the minute. Spring is in the air and it’s just so beautiful out in our native bushland at the moment! (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Boronia ovata - a close up of a pink four-petalled flower

Dampiera sp. - close up of a purple flower with a yellow ruffled centre

Gompholobium knightianum - the Handsome Wedgepea - pink pea-like flower with a yellow centre

Hemiandra pungens - Snakebush - pink flower with a tube- like centre covered in darker pink spots

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s beautiful here at the minute, spring is definitely in the air!

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There are so many wildflowers in bloom at the minute, the Perth Hills is positively alive with colour! Some of the beautiful purples and pinks seen today 🩷💜 (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Sowerbaea laxiflora - Purple Tassels - clustered head of small purple flowers with yellow stamens

Thysanotus sp. - Fringed Lily - Purple flower with fringed edges to the petals

Hypocalymma robustum - Swan River Myrtle - close up of a pink flower with long stamens

Calytrix glutinosa - close up of a pink star-shaped flower

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thelymitra antennifera - Lemon-scented Sun Orchid Seen in Wandoo National Park, WA in early September on a rather overcast day ⛅ These orchids are endemic to southwest Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria & Tasmania. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of an orchid with one lemon yellow flower almost fully open and a closed bud in the background. The bud shows the pink colour of the backs of the sepals of this orchid

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Elythranthera brunonis - Purple Enamel Orchid The first Purple Enamel Orchid I’ve seen this season in the Perth Hills. I love the blotched pattern on the backs of this orchid’s sepals and petals. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Front view of a single orchid flower that is deep purple in colour and very shiny, so that the tips of its petals and sepals reflect like a mirror

The back of the same purple orchid flower showing a blotched pattern of darker and lighter patches

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Kennedia coccinea - Coral Vine A climbing shrub which usually has vivid orange & cerise pink flowers but we spotted one plant recently with stunning pale pink flowers. Endemic to the south west of Western Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of a cluster of orange and pink pea type flowers

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some beautiful splashes of yellow from a weekend wander in the Perth Hills 🌿 💛 Hibbertia sp. 🌼 Conostylis serrulata 💛 Caladenia flava ssp. flava 🌼 Patersonia umbrosa #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #orchids #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Hibbertia sp. - close up of a bright yellow flower 5 petals

Conostylis serrulata - close up of a pale yellow flower with a star like shape. The flower grows close to the ground

Caladenia flava ssp. flava - single orchid flower that is generally yellow with a pattern of red stripes and spots on the upper petal/sepals

Patersonia umbrosa - bright yellow flower with three large petals

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A good news story for this Tuesday morning ⭐️ Exciting signs of success after seven locally extinct native species were re-introduced to a corner of north-west corner of NSW, including western quolls and Shark Bay bandicoots #auswildlife #wildoz #conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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'Exciting' signs of survival as quolls and bandicoots reintroduced to outback

Once locally extinct across outback NSW, bilbies, bandicoots and bettongs are now back and breeding. The desert's revival has been led by a young couple who moved their lives way out west a decade ago...

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

These tiny Blue Stars (Chamaescilla corymbosa) are a common sight across southwest Western Australia at the minute. Usually a vibrant blue (R), we spotted a few beautiful white ones recently in winter wet areas of Wandoo National Park. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Close up of a small star shaped flower that is a vivid bluey purple in colour

Close up of a small star shaped flower that is white with reddish tips to three petals

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is the most I’ve ever seen in one patch! It was amazing

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Came across this amazing patch of Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava) in the Perth Hills today 💛💛 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of an expanse of yellow orchids in a sandy patch of soil

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Drakaea livida - Warty Hammer Orchid These orchids are masters of deception! Their unusual shape tricks males of a particular species of thynnid wasp into pollinating the orchid as they believe the orchid’s labellum is actually a female wasp #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #wildoz 🌿

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Clubbed Spider Orchids (Caladenia longiclavata) in the Perth Hills on a rainy day 🌿🌧️ #orchids #ozflira #wildoz #natuveplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Side view of a two clubbed spider orchids facing each other. Both have droplets of water on them

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Caladenia reptans subsp. reptans was out through the reserve growing in little patches of sun under the wandoo. This clump forming species, for which is named for, is like a smaller version of C. latifolia. This species has a wider distribution than C. latifolia, ranging further inland!

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Chorizema dicksonii - the Yellow-eyed Flame Pea 🔥❤️ These bright splashes of colour are just starting to emerge in our local bush. One of the Fabaceae that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #Fabaceae #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Close up of a typical pea flower that has bright red petals with a bright yellow centre to the flower. The flower is covered in a light misting of water droplets

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We recently came across this fabulous bunch of Blue Fairy Orchids (Pheladenia deformis) 🌿 The Blue Fairy is one of several orchid species in Western Australia with beautiful blue blooms 💙 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Picture of a clump of blue orchids with at least 7 flowers visible against a background of dirt and stones

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The votes are in for Australia's favourite native wildflower with the lovely Flannel Flower (Actinotus sp) taking out the top spot 🏆 Read more about the different Flannel flowers found around Australia below 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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Australia has a soft spot for the amazing flannel flower

The flannel flower is a beautiful bloom with a few superpowers up its floral sleeve. And it's not just an east-coast star.

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I always try to share something about each photo/s I post that I hope will be interesting and to try to show I’m a real person. I’ll also post images, even if they’re not perfect, if they’re what I’m seeing out there right now.

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A quick afternoon wander around our local Perth Hills area rewarded us with more emerging wild flowers and lots of colour (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #iNaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Philotheca spicata - Pepper and Salt - close up of a star shaped pale purple/pink flower with 5 petals

Orthrosanthus laxus - Morning Iris - pale blue flower with 6 petals

Dampiera alata - Winged-stem Dampiera - close up of a deep purple flower with a ruffled yellow centre

Stylidium hispidum - White Butterfly Triggerplant - close up of a pale cream/yellow flower with 4 petals and several buds visible behind

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