Author Koh Lin ◦
Continuing on with my labour of love … we have presented a selection of images and information on flora throughout Australia, which is another real passion of ours. From natives flora, shrubs and trees, to plants that may not be native, that have been planted in parks, lining streets and in home gardens, to grasses and even weeds.
A close look at all plants, and some of the different stages in the life of the plant, allow us to get familiar with them.
As well as our banksias , grevilleas and hakeas , we have presented some beautiful orchids . We were lucky to even document the life stages of selected plants, that support certain insects in their life cycle.
Many of these species we would not have been able to show, without the wonderful contributors and authors that have allowed us to show their photographs.
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Iceplant), Rottnest Island WA © Terry Dunham Sandover Lily (Crinum flaccidum), Alice Springs Desert Park Sandover Lily (Crinum flaccidum), Alice Springs Desert Park Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa), Sydney NSW Australian Desert Rose (Gossypium australe) with Australiphthiria sp, Alice Springs Desert Park NT Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs Apis mellifera and Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), Alice Springs NT White with pink boss Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), Alice Springs NT Pale pink Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), Alice Springs NT Sturt’s Desert Pea, Alice Springs NT © Ausemade PL Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) – white form Parrot Pea (Crotalaria cunninghamii) Baby Sun Rose (Mesembryanthemum cordifolium), Northern Beaches NSW Bush Tomato (Solanum ellipticum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs, NT Bush Tomato (Solanum ellipticum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs, NT Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Alice Springs Desert Park, NT Pink Everlasting (Schoenia cassiniana), Alice Springs Desert Park Woolly-Headed Burr Daisy (Calotis plumulifera), Central Australia NT Wertabona Daisy (Streptoglossa liatroides), Central Australia NT Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii), Alice Springs NT Silverton Daisy (Ixiochlamys cuneifolia), Two Mile Beach, ‘Tjoritja’ – West MacDonnell National Park Minnie Daisy (Minuria leptophylla), south of Alice Springs, NT White Paper Daisy (Rhodanthe floribunda), Tanami Road (north of Alice Springs), NT
and the glorious forms and beauty of the shrubs and trees…
River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT Flower buds and lerps – River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River, Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Inland River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida), Todd River, Alice Springs NT Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys) River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River (south of Undoolya Rd, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River (south of Undoolya Rd, Alice Springs NT River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) along the Todd River (south of Undoolya Rd, Alice Springs NT Ghost Gum and Red Cabbage Palms, Finke Gorge National Park, 2007 Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Alice Springs NT Ghost gum / Ilwempe (Corymbia aparrerinja), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Simpsons Gap Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Palm Valley Ghost Gum and Red Cabbage Palms, Finke Gorge National Park, 2007 White Cypress Pine (Callitris columellaris) & Red Cabbage Palms (Livistona mariae), Palm Valley © Andy Brown Red Cabbage Palms, located in Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park / West MacDonnell Range Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Owen Springs Reserve, NT Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Owen Springs Reserve, NT Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia) Caper Bush (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Wild Passionfruit (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Anzac Hill, Alice Springs Caper Bush (Capparis spinosa var. nummularia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Bush banana fruit Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus uncinata (Hook-leaved Mallee), Stirling National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus uncinata (Hook-leaved Mallee), Stirling National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus macrandra (Long-flowered Marlock), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus macrandra (Long-flowered Marlock), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Eucalyptus preissiana (Bell-fruited Mallee), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Round-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus orbifolia), Alice Springs NT Round-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus orbifolia), Alice Springs NT Round-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus orbifolia), Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Inland River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida), Todd River, Alice Springs NT Inland River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida), Todd River, Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Lemon-flowered Gum (Eucalyptus woodwardii), Alice Springs NT Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla) Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla) Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla) Blue Mallee (Eucalyptus gamophylla) Eucalyptus, Mountain Creek, Alpine region, Victoria Australian Snow Gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora), Dinner Plain, VIC Australian Snow Gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora), Dinner Plain, VIC Eucalyptus, Mountain Creek, Alpine region, Victoria Eucalyptus viminalis, Mountain Creek, Alpine region, Victoria Alpine Ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis), also known as ‘Woollybutt’ Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Central Australia, NT Coolabah (Eucalyptus coolabah), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Pimpin Mallee (Eucalyptuspimpiniana), Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden Coolabah (Eucalyptus coolabah), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Giant Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), Orroroo, SA Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Alice Springs Desert Park NT Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Alice Springs Desert Park Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Alice Springs Desert Park NT Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT Juvenile to adult stage of the Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana) Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys) Coolabah (Eucalyptus coolabah), Olive Pink Botanic Garden Gungurru (Eucalyptus caesia subsp magna) Banksia coccinea (Scarlet Banksia), Albany area WA © Terry Dunham Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort Banksia quercifolia (Oak-leaved Banksia), Albany area, WA © Terry Dunham Banksia grandis (Bull Banksia), Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham Banksia nutans var. cernuella, Great Southern Region WA © Terry Dunham Banksia media (Southern plains Banksia), South Coast WA © Terry Dunham Banksia ericifolia, Cape Solander, Botany Bay National Park NSW Banksia serrata (Saw Tooth Banksia / Old Man Banksia), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why, NSW Oak-leaved Banksia (Banksia quercifolia), Portland Botanic Gardens, SA Grevillea cagiana, Wheatbelt Region WA © Terry Dunham Grevillea “Peaches and Cream”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW Grevillea cv “Poorinda Royal Mantle”, Dee Why, Northern Beaches NSW Rattlepod Grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya), Alice Springs Desert Park NT Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii), Rainbow Valley, NT Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia) Honey Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachya), Alice Springs Desert Park Rattlepod grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya) Honey Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachya), Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Hakea lasiocarpha, Southern WA © Terry Dunham Hakea cucullata (Hood Leaved Hakea), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham Corkwood Tree (Hakea eyreana) at the Alice Springs Araluen Cultural Precinct and part of the Two Sisters Dreaming Fork-leaf Corkwood (Hakea divaricata), Alice Springs NT Walukara (Hakea rhombales) Walukara (Hakea rhombales) Walukara (Hakea rhombales), Alice Springs Desert Park Walukara (Hakea rhombales) Long-leaved Corkwood (Hakea lorea), Owen Springs Reserve, NT Long-leaved Corkwood (Hakea lorea), Owen Springs Reserve, NT Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea or Kojet), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
For more information on the different flora , search our AusEmade website.
This is a taste of Australia…
labour of love | labour of love… flora | labour of love… orchids | labour of love… fauna | labour of love… native bees | labour of love… beetles | labour of love… birds | labour of love… native wasps | labour of love… reptiles
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