Stylidium vinosum
The Stylidium vinosum flowers mid October in a restricted area. It is a plant requiring more research.
The flowers are white with red markings, throat yellow with 3 pearlescent squares. The back of the petals is red-wine coloured. Has a long flower tube covered with glandular hairs.
The leaf rosette has individual leaves with a white edge and a small white hair at the end.
Photos: Fred
This Geron sp bee fly is too small to set the trigger off but it walks onto the end of the column eating pollen, getting enough on itself to share with another flower. Here it is about to have a drink of nectar deep in the throat of the flower.
Stylidium vinosum
The Stylidium vinosum flowers mid October in a restricted area. It is a plant requiring more research.
The flowers are white with red markings, throat yellow with 3 pearlescent squares. The back of the petals is red-wine coloured. Has a long flower tube covered with glandular hairs.
The leaf rosette has individual leaves with a white edge and a small white hair at the end.
Photos: Fred
This Geron sp bee fly is too small to set the trigger off but it walks onto the end of the column eating pollen, getting enough on itself to share with another flower. Here it is about to have a drink of nectar deep in the throat of the flower.