22nd to 25th September
This post is going to be short on words, long on photos, and not a bird in sight. My headliners are just a few of Western Australia’s wild flowers.
First off, a little about Lake Grace. It’s southeast of Perth and for the most part, is a system of dry salt lakes, but when in flood, Lake Grace forms two very large inland lakes. The lake is known for its colours, pinks, mauves, and greens, but like all salt lakes, the depth of colour relies on the environment. When we were there, we saw shades of pink, but I have to say, nowhere near as impressive as Lake Bumbunga.
We stayed at Lake Grace for three days and spent most of the time hunting wildflowers. They may not move very fast, but…you really have to hunt them down. Here are some of the roads we took.
Now to the main event. There are a lot of images, but I did cull them…a lot, so there could have been a lot more. ☺️ If you make it through them all, I hope you can find your favourite. I know which one mine is.
To date we haven’t seen fields with massed flowers, wrong place, wrong time, but along the roadside near Lake Grace we got an idea of what the massed flowers would look like.
I must say, I have never seen a flower with such vibrant blue as these, and they have not been photoshopped at all.
One of the magnificent things about some of these flowers, is their uniqueness.
The first flower in this set is my personal favourite, and Peter found it for me. It is so delicate and pretty and perfectly formed, I just love it.
These too, are particularly delicate, and what is hard to tell from the photos, is that some of these individual blossoms are no larger than my little finger nail.
Here are some more unusual flowers. The first is so intricate and delicate, whereas the second could be formed in wax.
Purple is one of my favourite colours, and these flowers celebrate the colour in style.
Red and yellow, a match made by Mother Nature.
The first images in this set were a much bigger blossom, about the size of my clenched fist, spldi almost succulent petals, whereas the next are delicately feathered, they look so fragile.
And last but not least, the humble white flower, not so humble, just lovely.
I hope you made it to through them all, and like me, were blown away by this small selection of WA’s wildflowers.
Lovely photos, Jo and Peter. You did well finding so many different varieties. One was a Trigger Plant. It was white and had a long, red ‘arm’ with a sticky end. It traps insects when it shoots back. One of the other flowers in the same photo showed that the trigger had triggered! I guess they are like some of the other insect eating species e.g. Sundew.
Thanks Rae
I tried to ID some of the plants, but lack of internet and sooooo many plants online, made it a bit too tricky for me.
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Wow, just wow! Your wildflower pics are just incredible!! I know how small they really are, so your macro pics show how beautiful they truly are. Thank you
Thanks for that, I do love my macro. It picks up so much detail that the naked eye does not.
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Aww, shucks.
Thank you. 🙂
A stunning post! So many beautiful flowers and too hard to choose which one is my favourite!
Clustering them together in colours was a genius idea! 💕
Looking forward to seeing many more flowers from your adventures in WA!
Thanks Sara
Some of them truly are unique, I’ve loved hunting them down.
Lets see how many more I can find.
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Thank you Sara.
I thought they’d be easier to take than birds, But…with the wind here, there’s just as much movement.
Still, I’m always up for a challenge.
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Thanks Sara
Some of them truly are unique, I’ve loved hunting them down.
Lets see how many more I can find.
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