In Focus
Plant of the Month
May 2022
Guichenotia macrantha (Large-flowered Guichenotia) is an upright, small to medium shrub growing to 1.5 m in height and boasting large crepey, soft pink to mauve flowers.
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Plant of the Month
April 2022
Praecoxanthus aphyllus (Leafless Orchid) grows to 20–40 cm high and produces a single, highly fragrant flower from March to May, making it one of the first orchids to flower in the year.
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Plant of the Month
March 2022
This month we are highlighting the fluffy red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis (foxtails), which until recently might have gone unnoticed in the marine flora.
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Plant of the Month
February 2022
Cephalotus follicularis (Albany Pitcher Plant) is a compact, carnivorous herb producing a flower stem up to 60 cm tall bearing an inflorescence of 4–5, very small, white-pale green flowers with white petal-like tepals, mauve filaments and white anthers.
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Plant of the Month
January 2022
Pelloe’s Babingtonia is a shrub growing to 0.3–0.6 m high, usually with an open habit and erect slender stems bearing numerous short lateral branchlets.
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Plant of the Month
December 2021
Drosera pulchella (Pretty Sundew) is a common pygmy sundew growing to 3–4 cm high.
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Plant of the Month
November 2021
Stylidium scariosum (Common Reed Triggerplant) is a reed-like perennial herb growing to 10–80 cm high.
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Plant of the Month
October 2021
Cheiranthera simplicifolia is a very inconspicuous shrub except when in flower in late spring, from September to October.
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Plant of the Month
September 2021
Hibbertia miniata (Orange Hibbertia) is a sprawling, multi-stemmed shrub, growing to 20–40 cm high.
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Plant of the Month
August 2021
Siegfriedia, with the single species S. darwinioides, is a monotypic genus in the family Rhamnaceae.
ReadUpdated: 27 Aug 2021
Plant of the Month
July 2021
Styphelia tortifolia is a low compact shrub, growing to 0.6 m in height and producing a spectacular display of firecracker red, tubular flowers from about June to September.
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Plant of the Month
June 2021
Wurmbea densiflora is a small lily that grows to 10–20 cm tall, with dense spikes of bright or sometimes pale pink flowers.
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Plant of the Month
May 2021
This colourful flower variant of Banksia seminuda (River Banksia) displays yellow perianths typical of the species but features vibrant red styles instead of the usual bright yellow.
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Plant of the Month
April 2021
Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. multiflorus is commonly known as the White Bunny Orchid.
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Plant of the Month
March 2021
March is becoming seaweed month, and this year we go underwater at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands to view one of the most spectacular of the seaweeds.
ReadUpdated: 20 Apr 2021