Orchids coming up ...

I am looking forward to seeing all the orchids emerge this spring - greenhoods and blue fairy orchids are everywhere already!

I mainly worked on freesia, geraldton carnation weed, and lupins along the western section of the bushland.

There were lots of small honey eaters in the trees around me - a delightful time to be in the bushland.

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Mapping areas to spray

While working in the bushland we notice that some areas of freesia or lachenalia infestation are just too large to hand weed - and the weeding would cause a lot of disturbance (and make the weed problem worse), so I am just marking those for spraying - especially where they are not too intermingled with native species that may be affected by the spraying.

I have been working along the western boundary in the lachenalia and freesia infested areas. There are lots of small patches that are easily dealt with, and a few large bits that I am leaving.

Lots of Greenhood orchids are coming up - so it looks like it could be quite a good orchid season this year.

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Fungii

Fungii are flourishing after a week of rain!
Not sure what these two are, so any suggestions welcome.

Fungus 1 - could it be Golden Tuart Cortinarius?

Fungus 2 - could it be Smooth parasol?

When not looking for fungi I focussed on freesia and lachenalia (both also enjoyed the rain).

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