Endangered or Vulnerable Plants
Featured Work
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Pale Grass Lily (Caesia parviflora) - Moe, Gippsland by Bev Pascoe
“Grey Star” Photo taken in Moe, Gippsland, Victoria This is the only one of its kind that I have seen.
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Endangered by Steve Sass
The Merimbula Star-hair Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh is an inconspicuous small single or multistemmed shrub up to 1 metre tall (rarely up to 1.8 m) that is listed as Endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. The cream coloured flowers appear between October and December. It is known from only two locations – one in a forest near the Victorian border, the other just north of Merimbula within and adjacent to the residential suburb of Tura Beach, between Merimbula and Tathra on the NSW far south coast. This plant was photographed at Tura Beach, NSW with a Canon EOS1000D late November 2009. Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey, a specialist ecological consultancy that undertakes surveys, research and education programs across Australia.
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Hidden Beauty by steppeland
June 2008 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Reed Corner collection What a delight to discover … a grassland full of orchids … This pic belongs to a series of photographs, made in The Reed Corner, nature reserve with wooded banks, bushy area’s, wetlands and swamps – paradise for birds and small animals Most likely this one is / Western Marsh Orchid (Rietorchis) or hybrids / (Dactylorhiza majalis praetermissa wikipedia (original named “A grassland full of orchids 5”) Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera. Features / Featured in the group “Nature’s wonders”http://www.redbubble.com/groups/natures-wonders / Featured in Endangered or Vulnerable Plants (Nov 28, 2009) / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :)
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Trachymene scapigera by Colin12
A plant that was described in about 1887 and rediscovered in 2000. / It is considdered rare as it has a limited distribution near Jenolan caves.
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Flying High by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / My second duck of spring 2009! / A magnificent example of the Australian native species of Caleana major (Flying Duck Orchid). THE LOCATION: / Photographed alongside the Ocean Drive Fire Trail in Queen’s Lake Nature Reserve at North Haven, NSW, Australia, in the company of a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate while on a wildflower safari. THE MAKING OF ‘Flying High’: / This little beauty was the second sighting of the species this spring. They are my favourite wildflower and it is always a joy to find them. / After shooting these li’l ducks for the last five springs the difficulty in photographing them or any other repetitive subject for that matter, is in just how to do it differently. / For this shot I set the camera lower than usual for a better perspective and included some of the background for effect. I think it works. / Fuji S9600: RAW, Super macro, Manual settings of f/11 @ 1/250sec, 11mm, Manual focus, ISO80, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Aussie Wildflowers collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more Aussie Orchids. Enjoy! WILDFLOWERS: ORCHIDS / (Click the links!) Caleana major – Flying High / Caleana major – Landing Gear Down / Caleana major – Tangles the Duck / Caleana major – In Full Flight / Caleana major – Shot Ducks / Caleana major – Flying Duck Orchid / Cryptostylis subulate – Tongue Orchid / Pterostylis nutans – Nodding Greenhood Orchid / Thelymitra media – Tall Sun Orchid / Thelymitra pauciflora – Closing Time / Thelymitra pauciflora – Slender Sun Orchid / Thelymitra pauciflora – Slender Sun Orchid / Thelymitra ixioides – Spotted Sun Orchhid / Diuris pardina – Leopard Orchid / Caladenia carnea – My Bud-dy and Me / Caladenia carnea – Pretty Pink Fingers / Petalochilus quadrifarius – Pink Fingers Orchid / Caladenia catenata – White Caladenia Orchid /
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The shingle bank by Garth Smith
A gravel bar in one of the little naturally tannin stained creeks passed by on our walk from Tarkine Wilderness Lodge at Meunna in NW Tasmania. / The forest behind contains enormous Eucalypts as well as manferns, treeferns, fishbone ferns, Cyatheas, Native Laurel, Blackhearted Sassafras, paperbarks, Myrtle, Blackwood, Dogwood, Pepperwood and many other minor species. / Meunna, NW Tasmania Nikon D90 / Sigma 10-20mm cropped featured in Endangered or Vulnerable Plants group 28th November 2009
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Dendrobium cucumerinum by Colin12
This odd looking plant grows mainly on the undersides of branches of river oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana). It will also grow on the trunk and occasionally rocks. It always grows over or adjacent to water courses. / This one grows in the Kanagra-Boyd national park near Kanagra walls, NSW Australia.
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Stacked together. by Esther van de Belt
Fungi found at Oldina forest reserve. Wynyard. Tasmania / I love the way fungi grows from the cracks of a tree. This species are called Schizophyllum commune (splitgill) / / /
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Dense Leek orchid (Prasophyllum spicatum) by Rosie Appleton
The reason for our outing with ANOS, to count and monitor the P spicatum in 3 known locations in Stony Point and Crib Point. Weather was shocking but we did get some sun!!! This one is at Crib Point and we found 18 plants there, 3 up on last year!!
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Lechenaultia macrantha by Colin12
The wonder of the wreath flower. / Growing on the graded road verge near Mullewa Western Australia. / Spring 2008
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Donkey Orchid by Cindy McDonald
Taken a 5Dmk11 105 mm sigma macro
Recent Work
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Ginkgo leave. by Esther van de Belt
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; in Chinese and Japanese 銀杏, pinyin romanization: yín xìng, Hepburn romanization: ichō or ginnan), also known as the Maidenhair Tree after Adiantum, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is classified in its own division, the Ginkgophyta, comprising the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae, genus Ginkgo and is the only extant species within this group. It is one of the best-known examples of a living fossil, because Ginkgoales other than G. biloba are not known from the fossil record after the Pliocene.1 For centuries it was thought to be extinct in the wild, but is now known to grow in at least two small areas in Zhejiang province in Eastern China, in the Tian Mu Shan Reserve. However, recent studies indicate high genetic uniformity among ginkgo trees from these areas, arguing against a natural origin of these populations and suggesting that the ginkgo trees in these areas may have been planted and preserved by Chinese monks over a period of about 1000 years.[4] Whether native ginkgo populations still exist has not been demonstrated unequivocally. The relationship of Ginkgo to other plant groups remains uncertain. It has been placed loosely in the divisions Spermatophyta and Pinophyta, but no consensus has been reached. Since Ginkgo seeds are not protected by an ovary wall, it can morphologically be considered a gymnosperm. The apricot-like structures produced by female ginkgo trees are technically not fruits, but are seeds that have a shell that consists of a soft and fleshy section (the sarcotesta), and a hard section (the sclerotesta). / Information from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. / Image taken in my backyard after the rain. / Image taken with my Fuji Film FinePix camera. S5700 /
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Sold 1 Calendar 24 November 2009 Aloha to the anonymous buyer who purchased one of my calendars, I am delighted you enjoy my work. Mahalo nui loa, thank you so much for your wonderful gift of Aloha :))) / / Aloha e Malama pono, Sharon Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. / Reproduction is strictly prohibited / All rights reserved
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Mahalo a nui loa to all my cherished family, friends and group members for your kindness and wonderful encouragement. I very much appreciate your gifts of Aloha and every single message. I wish you all a beautiful holiday season from Maui with love and may you be surrounded and embraced by those you love :)))) And to my cherished and beloved children, I love you more than my own life and I miss you so much!! SOLD 1 Calendar 24 November 2009 / / Aloha djphoto / Mahalo nui loa, thank you so much. It means so much to me that you purchased one of my calendars as a gift for your wife. :))) I wish you a beautiful holiday season. / / Aloha e Malama pono, / / Sharon / Hau’oli, Hau’oli’oli / Joy, Happiness Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. / Reproduction is strictly prohibited / All rights reserved
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Flying High by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / My second duck of spring 2009! / A magnificent example of the Australian native species of Caleana major (Flying Duck Orchid). THE LOCATION: / Photographed alongside the Ocean Drive Fire Trail in Queen’s Lake Nature Reserve at North Haven, NSW, Australia, in the company of a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate while on a wildflower safari. THE MAKING OF ‘Flying High’: / This little beauty was the second sighting of the species this spring. They are my favourite wildflower and it is always a joy to find them. / After shooting these li’l ducks for the last five springs the difficulty in photographing them or any other repetitive subject for that matter, is in just how to do it differently. / For this shot I set the camera lower than usual for a better perspective and included some of the background for effect. I think it works. / Fuji S9600: RAW, Super macro, Manual settings of f/11 @ 1/250sec, 11mm, Manual focus, ISO80, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Aussie Wildflowers collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more Aussie Orchids. Enjoy! WILDFLOWERS: ORCHIDS / (Click the links!) Caleana major – Flying High / Caleana major – Landing Gear Down / Caleana major – Tangles the Duck / Caleana major – In Full Flight / Caleana major – Shot Ducks / Caleana major – Flying Duck Orchid / Cryptostylis subulate – Tongue Orchid / Pterostylis nutans – Nodding Greenhood Orchid / Thelymitra media – Tall Sun Orchid / Thelymitra pauciflora – Closing Time / Thelymitra pauciflora – Slender Sun Orchid / Thelymitra pauciflora – Slender Sun Orchid / Thelymitra ixioides – Spotted Sun Orchhid / Diuris pardina – Leopard Orchid / Caladenia carnea – My Bud-dy and Me / Caladenia carnea – Pretty Pink Fingers / Petalochilus quadrifarius – Pink Fingers Orchid / Caladenia catenata – White Caladenia Orchid /
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Pale sun orchid by Cindy McDonald
Very pale sun orchid / Taken with canon 5D mkll and sigma 105mm macro
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Natures Skyscrapers by Garth Smith
12 travellers arrived for a walk organised by Rhana / We left from the Tarkine Lodge on a walk guided by Maree and Steve Jenkins (the owners). / Tarkine Lodge is at Meunna in NW Tasmania. Here is one enormous old forest giant in the superb surrounding forest on our walk through Gondwana. / I’m guessing again but I assume this is a Eucalyptus regnans. It is very hard to tell but I am guessing these at 200 feet plus. Nikon D90 / Sigma 10-20mm featured in A View Somewhere group 28th November 2009
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We are seeking corporate and community sponsorship of vital research on the World Heritage listed Lord Howe Island Group (LHIG). Like other small oceanic islands, the LHIG has already suffered significant species loss due to the exotic species introductions. Since the mid 1960’s, reported sightings of Eastern Long-necked turtle have come from LHIG, and in more recent times, at least two individuals have been confirmed. Similarly, the Eastern Water Dragon has also been sighted. There are no endemic reptile fauna that live within the fragile freshwater ecosystems of LHIG. The establishment of these and other aquatic reptile species poses an obvious threat to these ecosystems and the diverse endemic terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate communities within them. However, to date, no survey or research has been undertaken on these species or any other species that may be present but have gone unnoticed, resulting in a clear lack of knowledge on how to deal with this issue. Already the Australian Geographic Society has become a project sponsor offering a substantial donation to the project. Further sponsorship is now sought from individuals and businesses. If you are interested or you know of anyone or any business that might be interested in not only making an important contribution to the long-term survival of the unique biodiversity of Lord Howe, but also some amazing exposure in Australian Geographic, please contact me directly by email steve@envirokey.com.au
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Spider Orchid by Cindy McDonald
Taken with canon 5D mkll and sigma 105mm macro.
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Yellow lipped spider orchid. by Cindy McDonald
Taken with canon 5Dmkll and 105mm sigma macro lens A rare find
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The shingle bank by Garth Smith
A gravel bar in one of the little naturally tannin stained creeks passed by on our walk from Tarkine Wilderness Lodge at Meunna in NW Tasmania. / The forest behind contains enormous Eucalypts as well as manferns, treeferns, fishbone ferns, Cyatheas, Native Laurel, Blackhearted Sassafras, paperbarks, Myrtle, Blackwood, Dogwood, Pepperwood and many other minor species. / Meunna, NW Tasmania Nikon D90 / Sigma 10-20mm cropped featured in Endangered or Vulnerable Plants group 28th November 2009
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Pale Grass Lily (Caesia parviflora) - Moe, Gippsland by Bev Pascoe
“Grey Star” Photo taken in Moe, Gippsland, Victoria This is the only one of its kind that I have seen.
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Endangered, Rare, Vulnerable or Threatened Plants Worldwide.
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