Wildflower walk near Maldon 28/9/22

We were lucky to be invited along by our friends the Radfords to a walk with the Castlemaine Field Naturalists. We met in Castlemaine and travelled in convoy to an area of bushland near Maldon, where the locals knew of some interesting flowers in bloom.

This is just a little summary of what we saw in the hour or two that we were walking and driving around the area.

We had to go for an extra little drive to find the Gnat orchids below. Once we found them we had a heap of them together. Well spotted Trev.

and then another drive to find the rare swan greenhood (of which I didnt manage to get a decent photo). Apparently the tiny dark spot on the protruding head makes it a swan orchid (Pterostylis Cycnocaphala). This is tiny (only about 10cm above the ground)

Just moving away from the orchids, there was a special little grevillea which is apparently quite unusual that was in flower, so we admired this too. It is called the small flowered grevillea for obvious reasons. You can see from the photo with my shoe how tiny the plant and flowers are.

Thanks Alison and Tony for the invitation and to the naturalists of Castlemaine for welcoming us along.