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Thelymitra Cyanea
''Thelymitra cyanea'', commonly known as the veined sun orchid in Australia and as the swamp sun orchid or striped sun orchid in New Zealand, is a species of orchid which is Indigenous (ecology), native to New Zealand and south-eastern Australia. It has a single erect, fleshy, channelled leaf and up to five bright blue flowers with darker blue veins. It is usually found growing in swamps, sphagnum bogs, and Montane ecosystems#Subalpine zone, subalpine herbfields, often in Cloning, clonal colonies. Description ''Thelymitra cyanea'' is a tuberous, Perennial plant, perennial Herbaceous plant, herb with a single erect, fleshy, channelled, linear leaf long and wide. Up to five bright blue flowers with darker veins, wide are borne on a flowering stem tall. There are usually and two bracts on the flowering stem. The sepals and petals are long and wide but the Labellum (botany), lavellum (the lowest petal) is larger than the other petals and sepals. The Column (botany), column is w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Buffalo National Park
The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located approximately northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps. Within the national park is Mount Buffalo, a moderately high mountain plateau, with an elevation of above sea level. On 4 November 1898 an area of was reserved around the plateau and Eurobin Falls as Mount Buffalo National Park, making it one of the oldest national parks in Australia. In 1908 a road was opened to the plateau and the park was expanded to ; and in 1980 to its current size to take in most of the surrounding foothill country. On 7 November 2008, the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves. Location and features Mount Buffalo is a moderately tall mountain plateau on the west side of the Victorian Alpine region. The top of the mountain has striking granite boulders and rock formati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
