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The Striped Sun #Orchid (Thelymitra pulchella) #Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand . These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
03:23 PM - Dec 28, 2023
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Apparently Violas grow really well here in #NewZealand . This seed grown one hasn't stopped looking like this for months. #Flowers #Gardening #NZGarden
02:13 PM - Dec 23, 2023
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Apparently #Hippeastrum (commmonly called #Amaryllis ) grows really well in the North Island of #NewZealand . These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel. #Bulbs #Flowers #Garden
03:57 PM - Dec 18, 2023
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I found these right outside my door. Drosera pygmaea a carnivorous plant native to Australia & #NewZealand . Tiny rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves with sticky tentacles are used to capture bugs. Leaves are often reddish & the flowers are yellow or white. #NZFlora #CarnivorousPlant
06:01 PM - Apr 11, 2023
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Broadleaf Hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) native to #NewZealand and most tropical, subtropical & warm temperate regions of Africa, Americas, S Asia and Australasia. The Māori traditionally used it for weapons, carved walking staves & axe-handles. Soapberry family #Sapindaceae #NZFlora
05:53 PM - Apr 11, 2023
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The #NewZealand native Black Tree Fern Sphaeropteris medullaris (formerly Cyathea medullaris) can reach up to 20m Native across the SW Pacific from Fiji to Pitcairn Island. Its Māori names include katātā, kōrau, or pītau.
#NZFlora #Fern #gardening #horticulture
05:49 PM - Apr 11, 2023
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The new place I'm living is a heathland of Leptospermum scoparium, but the ground underneath is coated with this #lichen (Cladonia confusa). A rather surreal looking landscape. #NewZealand #NZFlora #Moss
06:01 PM - Apr 05, 2023
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I love the new foliage of this #NewZealand native fern Blechnum parrisiae (formerly Doodia australis). Young fronds start pink then turn light green and age to deep green. The overall effect is gorgeous. #Ferns #gardening #NZFlora
05:50 PM - Apr 05, 2023
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The China or Annual Aster (Callistephus chinensis) flowering here in #NewZealand Native to China & Korea. I always wanted to grow this back in Texas but could never keep it alive. They apparently love the cooler temps here in NZ. #Asteraceae #Annuals #Garden
04:20 PM - Apr 04, 2023
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It's autumn here and the Amaryllis belladonna have started to flower. Native to Cape Province in South Africa, but commonly grown across the world. Flowers appear in the autumn with no leaves, thus the common name of Naked Ladies or Naked Lady Lily. #NZGarden #gardening #flowers
04:24 PM - Apr 03, 2023
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#NewZealand is amazingly beautiful. No matter where you live on the North Island you are never than an hour or so from a #beach on one of the coasts. #Omapere Beach
08:56 PM - Mar 31, 2023
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Just never know what you'll find driving the roads of #NewZealand . #LoveShack Baby!
I thought everyone could use a laugh today. Now back to #plants ! #gardening #horticulture
08:54 PM - Mar 31, 2023
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Native bees working the flowers of Mānuka also called Tea Tree (Leptospermum scoparium) native to #NewZealand and SE Australia. I couldn't get a good enough look at the bees to ID them. This is the plant that provides Mānuka #Honey . #flowers #Bees #Myrtaceae #Omapere #gardening
08:51 PM - Mar 31, 2023
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Another cool plant, though a #weed here. Yellow Bartsia or Yellow Glandweed (Parentucellia viscosa )a member of the family #Orobanchaceae family. This native of Europe is a root #hemiparasite and is parasitic on plants in the #Poaceae and #Fabaceae families. #NewZealand #NZWeeds #gardening
08:49 PM - Mar 31, 2023 (Edited)
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This is Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) the ancestor of the edible form. A native of western Asia, Europe and parts of Northern Africa, but a weed here in NZ and the rest of the world. Still quite edible though. #Brassicaceae #NZWeeds #Weeds
05:18 PM - Mar 09, 2023
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