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Sunday, 25 September 2011

Macro Monday - Grampian Flowers

Despite the howling gale that was blowing I did manage to get some flower images during the trip to The Grampians – in fact I got rather more decent images than I expected!
The Grampians is famous for its Spring flowers and has a wide range of native orchids. I think I may have been there about two weeks too early as there were large numbers of orchid shows leaves only and no flowers (boo!). But tucked away in quiet warm spots I did find a few.

Wax Lip Orchid




Pink Heath







Pink Fingers Orchid




A type of pea (there are lots in the Grampains!)




Mantis or Spider Orchid




Nodding Greenhood Orchid

















Blue Tinsel-Lilly



Grampians Thryptomene (each flower is only about 8 -10 mm across)



You can find more close up / macro images at here at Macro Monday.

You can find the latest post from my other blog by clicking on the Paying Ready Attention image on the RHS of the screen


Enjoy the close ups!
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11 comments:

  1. Al26 September 2011 at 02:54

    Lovely flowers, I wouldn't have guessed there was a gale going on!

    To answer your question on my blog, the round thing in the water was a piece of concrete, I have no idea where it came from or if it was covering something.

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  2. TexWisGirl26 September 2011 at 03:06

    ooh. the spider orchid is really cool, but the orange pea is gorgeous!

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  3. Sivinden26 September 2011 at 04:58

    An exquisite collection of flowers - love the one that looks like a human being;) (the fifth image).

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  4. Karen26 September 2011 at 05:01

    I's always difficult to get good macros in the wind! You seemed to have no trouble! They are great! The Spider Orchid is my fave!

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  5. Unknown26 September 2011 at 06:40

    Awesome collection of flower shots. The Spider Orchid is my favourite, it's amazing!

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  6. Kala26 September 2011 at 16:19

    Wonderful series. Love the shot of the orange pea!

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  7. Anonymous26 September 2011 at 20:30

    Lovely Macro, I especially love the Lily. Linking over from Marco Monday.

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  8. Karen @ Pieces of Contentment28 September 2011 at 19:25

    You have some fantastic photos here, most of flowers I've never seen. Stunning little Aussies!

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  9. Red Nomad OZ28 September 2011 at 21:36

    Sigh ...

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  10. Arija29 September 2011 at 13:51

    Thank you Stewart, these are lovely. Thank you also for your diplomatic way of making me aware that I had mis-named one of my orchids.

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  11. Christina11 October 2011 at 10:38

    The Spider Orchid looks very interesting, so delicate....just gorgeous.

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