#stylidium — Public Fediverse posts

Purple donkey orchids (Diuris punctata) and Trigger plants (Stylidium sp.) on the edge of Croajingalong National Park, East Gippsland, VIC.

Most of the trigger plants out here were this very attractive pale-flowering form with tall flower spikes.

#Orchids #Stylidium #TriggerPlants #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #Diuris

My life isn't all #motorcycles

I've been fascinated by the beauty of native plants ever since buying our own chunk of the #BlueMountains. When I parked today, these practically leapt out at me. Only small, but look at that colour! #Stylidium, or trigger plant. As the insect investigates, the flower's floral column triggers, whacking the insect with a load of pollen.

We get stylidium at home, too, but they're paler pink.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylidium

#MtVictoria
#bloomscrolling

Photographs and a video of a #Stylidium debile #triggerplant in action: https://www.aldrovanda.com/stylidium-debile-photos/

Flowers of the tiny annual #Stylidium despectum, 'dwarf triggerplant', in Black Mountain Nature Reserve, ACT, #Australia.

The Noongar season of Birak – summer – and the triggerplants keep flowering in parts of SW Australia, including this perennial favourite (or favourite perennial?).

Stout #Triggerplant #Stylidium articulatum #OzPlants #AustralianFlora #Biodiversity

I don’t often stop and smell the roses, but I always try and stop to watch the #Triggerplants.

#Stylidium squamosotuberosum just seen in action south of Margaret River – just look at the size of the pollen load on this native bee! #Pollination #FloraOfAustralia #AustralianPlants