Oct 18, 2025
Hakea francisiana
05-SEP-2025
Melton Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic
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Hakea francisiana
05-SEP-2025
Melton Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic
Photos 1-2 - Banksia integrifolia
Photos 3-4 - Abrus precatorius
Photos 5-6 - Allocasuarina sp.
Some plants recorded out in the bush.
11-13/09/23 - Magnoliopsida spp.
QLD:CQC, Woppa (Great Keppel Island), dry woodland
There are only 500 matchstick banksia left in the wild at 11 different sites thanks to agricultural clearing, pathogens, invasive weeds and changed fire regimes.In Australia, recent research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub listed the 100 plants that are most at risk
Photograph: Andrew Crawford/Threatened Species Recovery Hub
(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)
This year was a disappointing one for lotuses. The bayou wasn’t covered with them like last year. Not sure the factors that had a hand in it.
Hakea invaginata
05-SEP-2025
Melton Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic
Grevillea lanigera "Mt. Tamboritha"
23-MAY-2025
Melbourne, Vic
Hakea laurina
20-APR-2025
Melbourne, Vic