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Caladenia Macrostylis
''Caladenia macrostylis'', commonly known as the leaping spider orchid, is a species of orchid Endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three distinctive pale greenish-yellow and red flowers with a cluster of deep purplish Labellum (botany), calli in the centre of its Labellum (botany), labellum. Description ''Caladenia macrostylis'' is a terrestrial, Perennial plant, perennial, deciduous, Herbaceous plant, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, long and wide. Up to three pale greenish-yellow and red flowers long and wide are borne on a stalk tall. The sepals and petals have dark, club-like Gland (botany), glandular tips long. The wikt:dorsal, dorsal sepal curves forward over the Column (botany), column and is long and wide. The wikt:lateral, lateral sepals are long, wide and spread forward and downward. The petals are long and wide and spread upwards. The labellum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Boyup Brook is a town in the south-west of Western Australia, south-southeast of Perth and northeast of Bridgetown. The town lies on Kaniyang land within the Noongar nation. The name ''Boyup'' is derived from the name of a nearby pool "Booyup", an Aboriginal term meaning "place of big stones" (large granite outcrops common in the area) or "place of big smoke" (from burning the many surrounding grass trees). The town's economy is primarily agricultural. It is a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site. History About 1839, John Hassell brought sheep and cattle from the eastern states of Australia via Albany, and acquired a lease of land along what would later become Scotts Brook, south of the current town site. Although he grazed this stock in the area, the leases did not become permanent, and Hassell later moved to Kendenup. In 1845, Augustus Gregory followed the Blackwood River from the junction of the Arthur and Beaufort Rivers downstream for about . He carved his i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |