David_MC Goldmember  More info | Apr 12, 2020 12:54 | #10801 <insert witty signature here>
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InPhoto Cream of the Crop 29,955 posts Likes: 85677 Joined Jan 2011 More info | Apr 13, 2020 04:05 | #10802 Jupiter 21 200mm f4 Soviet lens  Image hosted by forum (1038594) © InPhoto [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Some simple photos
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swltr Goldmember  More info | Apr 13, 2020 04:49 | #10803 Wide angle at closest focusing distance  Image hosted by forum (1038601) © swltr [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. http://www.steffenwalther-photographics.de
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Pippan Cream of the Crop  More info | Apr 13, 2020 06:24 | #10804 I managed to get out today for a walk along Tolmer Creek in Litchfield National Park. This tiny (8 mm) flower is from Stylidium semipartitum, a semi-carnivorous plant that catches small flying insects on its sticky hairs in much the same way as sundews. The most interesting feature of stylidiums, however, is its method of pollination. In the second photo you can see its staminate structure below and behind the flower. It contains a large load of pollen. When a small insect visits for a feed of nectar it triggers the stamen to snap over onto the insect's body, dumping its load of pollen (hence its common name of trigger plant). The insect then flies off to feed at the next flower, spreading the pollen all over it and ultimately fertilising its ovules. Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.
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Pippan Cream of the Crop More info | Apr 13, 2020 06:57 | #10805 Hibiscus petherickii. This plant is endemic to a very small area of sandstone country near Tolmer Creek. A very hot fire burnt through the area in September last year, causing a great deal of damage to much of the plateau vegetation and wiping out most of these hibiscus. I was worried. This wet season though, it has germinated with a vengeance and young hibiscus are probably fifty times more plentiful than they were and now grow in areas we didn't see them in before the fire. They have just started to flower for the season. Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.
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Pippan Cream of the Crop More info | Apr 13, 2020 07:20 | #10806 Plectranthus scutellarioides Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.
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Apr 13, 2020 09:31 | #10807 swltr wrote in post #19045580  Wide angle at closest focusing distance 
 Hosted photo: posted by swltr in ./showthread.php?p=19045580&i=i150144371 forum: Nature & Landscapes I really like this technique and Really like this photo!
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Apr 13, 2020 09:37 | #10808 Pippan wrote in post #19045611 I managed to get out today for a walk along Tolmer Creek in Litchfield National Park. This tiny (8 mm) flower is from Stylidium semipartitum, a semi-carnivorous plant that catches small flying insects on its sticky hairs in much the same way as sundews. The most interesting feature of stylidiums, however, is its method of pollination. In the second photo you can see its staminate structure below and behind the flower. It contains a large load of pollen. When a small insect visits for a feed of nectar it triggers the stamen to snap over onto the insect's body, dumping its load of pollen (hence its common name of trigger plant). The insect then flies off to feed at the next flower, spreading the pollen all over it and ultimately fertilising its ovules. Isn’t it a never ending mind blowing adventure we are on when we slow down and look closer.
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Jmac8866 Goldmember  More info | Apr 13, 2020 18:22 | #10809 Flower pedals in rain water.  Image hosted by forum (1038755) © Jmac8866 [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Nice creative work
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Pippan Cream of the Crop More info | Apr 13, 2020 19:24 | #10811 Park Ranger wrote in post #19045708 Isn’t it a never ending mind blowing adventure we are on when we slow down and look closer.  Beautiful flower and photos. And thanks for sharing the information on the name. Thanks Park Ranger. And yes, slowing down does have its rewards. Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.
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Pippan Cream of the Crop More info Post edited over 3 years ago by Pippan. | Apr 14, 2020 05:33 | #10812 A somewhat insect-eaten Osbeckia australiana. Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.
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Sibil Cream of the Crop 10,415 posts Likes: 54444 Joined Jan 2009 Location: SoCal More info | Apr 14, 2020 06:21 | #10813 
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Apr 14, 2020 08:41 | #10814 ...  Image hosted by forum (1038834) © fotoi [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Good harmony
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