Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden - Orchid House

The orchid house was destroyed in the 31 Dec 2019 bushfire, but there are plans to revive it in another location. These dendrobiums were at their peak in September 2019.



















 

Friday, 16 August 2019

Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden - Acacia blayana

This tree of the genus Acacia was discovered in one of the valleys in the Brogo River catchment , west of Cobargo, and collected by South Coast naturalist John Blay in 1982. 

This magnificent specimen at the Botanic Garden was lost in the bushfire of 23 Dec 2019. 




Saturday, 6 July 2019

Basket fungus

 This looked like rubber or plastic netting in the grass in our yard. Closer inspection showed it to be opened up guts of this fungus - Ileodictyon cibarium