Chilli
Bronze Member
Hi everyone. Here are some of our small bush flowers where I live. Most are tiny and you could drive through some areas and think nothing is there. Some places you see some if you look. Many are ridiculously small though, and even so are beautiful to look at. These and others I'll show I took to show old folks in a nursing home I used to visit. I would put them on a USB stick and show them in the common room on a big screen TV. Used to love doing it but alas Covid stopped me visiting them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy seeing them.
These below don't come up often, just in good years with rains. Did not see these for a few yrs at this place but was a great show when they came up. By the way, is a good gold place, not rich but a place I love going to.
A close up.
These are a tiny vine. They often grow along the ground, sometimes up stems of other plants. This one was about 2 inches long. They can grow up the stems of things maybe 8 inches. But the flowers are tiny as you could imagine.
These are ridiculously small. From standing all you see is white specks. But another beautiful native most dont see.
I call these yellow pom poms, not sure of the real name. But they are wonderful. Maybe as big as the end of your thumb.
Another I dont know its name, but the leaves remind me of holly. Small but nice.
Tiny native Daisy.
They never cease to amaze me, so small but so perfect and intricate.
Another tiny one, they can be in big, no, small but good shows that can be missed over a good area if you dont look.
This is a brush something or other, forgot its name. There are some in places bigger, several inches long, but this type where it grows only gets to 2 inches max. This one was just 2 inches long.
I just call these little guys fluffys 😆
Another small, I call daisy!?
Tiny tiny wax flower I think. Hey, Im no botanist, I just take pictures 😆
Commonly we call these Dry Daisy. Not sure of the real name but you can collect them and they dry out and keep for ages.
Ants love them for some reason..
lovely little orchid.
And another of our tiny tiny orchids. Whole flower as big as your thumb end.
And another tiny. Beard Orchid.
Love these, tiny but beautiful! Easily missed.
And another of our very small orchids.
No idea what these are but, no prize for guessing, very small.
Many where I am are very small, the ground is harsh, highly mineralised, and typically very dry with minimal topsoil. They may not flower for a few yrs till we have a wet winter and spring. But they are there just waiting to put on a show for anyone knowing when and where to look for them.
No name but nice.
I often have trouble as they are so small getting a focus so I now and then pick them and take them against some tree bark. It gets me a focus that way.
Some examples of why.
This is what we call a pepper plant. If you crush the flower it smells exactly like black pepper.
Three lovely yellows.
Honey Myrtle
Wax flower.
These below don't come up often, just in good years with rains. Did not see these for a few yrs at this place but was a great show when they came up. By the way, is a good gold place, not rich but a place I love going to.
A close up.
These are a tiny vine. They often grow along the ground, sometimes up stems of other plants. This one was about 2 inches long. They can grow up the stems of things maybe 8 inches. But the flowers are tiny as you could imagine.
These are ridiculously small. From standing all you see is white specks. But another beautiful native most dont see.
I call these yellow pom poms, not sure of the real name. But they are wonderful. Maybe as big as the end of your thumb.
Another I dont know its name, but the leaves remind me of holly. Small but nice.
Tiny native Daisy.
They never cease to amaze me, so small but so perfect and intricate.
Another tiny one, they can be in big, no, small but good shows that can be missed over a good area if you dont look.
This is a brush something or other, forgot its name. There are some in places bigger, several inches long, but this type where it grows only gets to 2 inches max. This one was just 2 inches long.
I just call these little guys fluffys 😆
Another small, I call daisy!?
Tiny tiny wax flower I think. Hey, Im no botanist, I just take pictures 😆
Commonly we call these Dry Daisy. Not sure of the real name but you can collect them and they dry out and keep for ages.
Ants love them for some reason..
lovely little orchid.
And another of our tiny tiny orchids. Whole flower as big as your thumb end.
And another tiny. Beard Orchid.
Love these, tiny but beautiful! Easily missed.
And another of our very small orchids.
No idea what these are but, no prize for guessing, very small.
Many where I am are very small, the ground is harsh, highly mineralised, and typically very dry with minimal topsoil. They may not flower for a few yrs till we have a wet winter and spring. But they are there just waiting to put on a show for anyone knowing when and where to look for them.
No name but nice.
I often have trouble as they are so small getting a focus so I now and then pick them and take them against some tree bark. It gets me a focus that way.
Some examples of why.
This is what we call a pepper plant. If you crush the flower it smells exactly like black pepper.
Three lovely yellows.
Honey Myrtle
Wax flower.
