Thought I should start a new post rather than follow one from the last, due to the number of pics.
These were taken yesterday on my parent’s 21 acre property just outside of Melbourne. Its been raining a bit so the ground looks much wetter than it usually is. All of these are growing on a Sth facing slope (Southern hemisphere).
This is just to show a bit of how the area looks. You can make out some of the red patches:
These show some of the patches:
In all there is probably about 5 acres of Whittakeri. My parents bought the place about 9 years ago. It had cattle running on it just prior to them buying it and the pastures and bush were in a terrible state. A pair of horsed is all that has been run since and they have been fenced out of any area we know has Drosera (and Green-hood orchids). In fact they are trying to get much of the pasture to revegitate naturally with indigenous plants. Over the 9 years the number and area that Whittakeri appears has increased dramatically, with this year seeming to be a bumper crop.
These were taken yesterday on my parent’s 21 acre property just outside of Melbourne. Its been raining a bit so the ground looks much wetter than it usually is. All of these are growing on a Sth facing slope (Southern hemisphere).
This is just to show a bit of how the area looks. You can make out some of the red patches:
These show some of the patches:
In all there is probably about 5 acres of Whittakeri. My parents bought the place about 9 years ago. It had cattle running on it just prior to them buying it and the pastures and bush were in a terrible state. A pair of horsed is all that has been run since and they have been fenced out of any area we know has Drosera (and Green-hood orchids). In fact they are trying to get much of the pasture to revegitate naturally with indigenous plants. Over the 9 years the number and area that Whittakeri appears has increased dramatically, with this year seeming to be a bumper crop.