Wireless Hill Pictures

DSC_1250 (Large)I’ve got almost a week to fill while in Perth as I wait for a service on my car before heading bush so today I headed up to Wireless Hill in Ardross. Nestled in the southern suburbs of Perth it covers 99 acres of bush land which was the site of a radio telegraphy station in 1912.

Now it’s a park mainly consisting of natural bush land and an amazing example of jut how diverse the native flora is in the area.

Purple tassel flower

Purple tassel flower

These tassel flowers are everywhere, a small herbaceous plant and according to my local wildflower book it’s not meant to be in flower at this time of year, but I have the photos to prove it.

Spider orchid

Spider orchid

 

Spider orchid

Spider orchid

This spider orchid needed two photos to show it from different angles as you couldn’t see the fringed sides in the first picture, I found perhaps three or four of these and I’m sure I would have found more if I didn’t get rained off by a big rain front. I have no idea what spider orchid it is my book has over 140 different species of spider orchids, a few looked similar but none seemed identical.

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Pansy orchid

I felt sure this was a donkey orchid but after checking the book, the closest match is a pansy orchid, these were growing on mass in places.

Patch of pansy orchids

Patch of pansy orchids

 

Jug orchid

Jug orchid

A jug orchid, not very colourful but an unusual shape.

Cough - pretty flower

Cough – pretty flower

Yeah, no idea what this one is, it’s a small shrub and the flowers didn’t look like anything special from a distance, but once you get up really close, they’re quite interesting.

Silver princess

Silver princess

 

Pretty caterpillar

Pretty caterpillar

Interesting angle

Interesting angle

Kangaroo paw

Kangaroo paw

The red and green kangaroo paw is Western Australia’s floral emblem

Unknown native grass

Unknown native grass

 

An old log

An old log

 

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  • Reply Kings Park & Wireless Hill Part 2 – Have Home Will Travel September 18, 2015 at 5:35 pm

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  • Reply Alexis September 25, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    Hi Joel. Enjoyed your photos. I think what you have labelled a ‘pansy orchid’ is actually a ‘donkey orchid’ – Diuris longifolia. Cheers!

    • Reply joel September 26, 2015 at 11:57 am

      Thanks Alexis, see that’s what I find annoying about plant names, my orchid book says Diuris longifolia is a “Purple pansy orchid”, but then in the description “A colourful donkey orchid 100-350mm…….” common names are so interchangeable and identification can be tricky with some of them. I think I’ll label things Orchid, eucalypt, or acacia from now on to keep it simple. 🙂 Thanks for the tip.

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