Turtle Orchids on Lovers Jump Creek : February 23 2023

This summer is starting to feel like 2022 - rain every day - was hoping to go riding but the rain kept coming back. Did the investing accounts. Pottered around in the garden. Now at 100% profit on the cherry tomatoes - taken 5 months - water was free with full tanks and lots of rain.

Walked the local track. Been holding off as I had heard the work by Sydney Water had done a lot damage.

These little mushrooms - smaller than a US penny below the track

Side creek flowing harder than normal but not bad - last big rain was overnight

This track was not quite 3 foot wide. Now it is 4 metres wide and all the orchid spots have been hacked away at the edges. Somehow the water company has been prevailed upon to build a fire trail

Did find a new colony of chiloglottis orchids above the track - out of reach of the water company digger

Found a few flowers open - turtle orchids

Side on photo is clue to the English name. Latin name is chiloglottis seminuda - half naked as calli go only half way down the labellum

Good news is track work has spared this orchid colony - the other two are gone. This is the only known spot for pterostylis baptistii in the local government area - looks like 4 plants left

The day was about fungi - this one about 3 inches across

Walked off track to check a known spot for turtle orchids - they grow in the moss on a big rock - only one seeded plant showing

The slope of the rock is maybe 70 degrees - there are a few leaves in the photo. The photo shows a bald patch

The rain has smashed them off the rock face - debris was all below. Came off in the last big rain.

Rainforest and rain - leech heaven - inspection found this one

Fungi action below the track in the next chiloglottis spot - a few leaves but no flowers

Creek crossing - Lovers Jump Creek - was only two or three inches deep. Did find small gnat orchids flowering but photos were rubbish. Sad part is almanac said I would find 3 wasp orchid types in flower - track work has wiped one out.

Dyanella iris

Walk done - umbrella not needed - 3 leeches - glad I wore boots and not sandals

Dinner: Pasta with chipolata sausages and a Mediterranean saice

Trade action: Bought GCI, BROS, RHC.AX. Credit spreads on CBOE, CCJ, CHPT, CVS. Hedging trade short QQQ. Short PFE. Sold USD for AUD. Look out for next investing post next week
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