My Flower Finally Bloomed

Skippy

It's OUT!!!!!! whooohooooooooo!!!!!!
I aint no gardener I tell ya, but having an interest in Macro, Birds, and Animals etc, I figured I may have better luck if I put some plants in that attract these things.......so I put in some Australian Natives, and the first flower has finally come out

It's a beauty .......now your gonna ask me what it's called aren't ya :dunno
......brb....going outside with the torch :rofl
Okay it's called a Grevillea ......ta dahhhhhh :clap

This is my first try with the Canon 580EX Flash too .......enjoy
Skippy (Australia)

Harryb

Skippy wrote:

It's OUT!!!!!! whooohooooooooo!!!!!!
I aint no gardener I tell ya, but having an interest in Macro, Birds, and Animals etc, I figured I may have better luck if I put some plants in that attract these things.......so I put in some Australian Natives, and the first flower has finally come out

It's a beauty .......now your gonna ask me what it's called aren't ya
......brb....going outside with the torch
Okay it's called a Grevillea ......ta dahhhhhh

This is my first try with the Canon 580EX Flash too .......enjoy
Skippy (Australia)

Hey Skippy,

Great colors and details in that shot. It should pull in some nice buggies for you.

Skippy

Thanks Harry
There are two more flowers ready to open on the same bush.
Fingers crossed what appear to be two Buds on my other plants actually eventuate......they are flowers I have never seen before, except in books, and I am not sure if they are flower buds or just going to be extensions of the same plant .... they should be quite stunning if they are baby flowers :

These plants are know to attract Butterflies and Nector seeking birds.

Take Care Harry.......... Skippy (Australia)

Harryb wrote:

Hey Skippy,

Great colors and details in that shot. It should pull in some nice buggies for you.

Steve Cavigliano

Good looking bloom Skippy So do most of your birds hang around during the Fall/Winter? If so, they are gonna love this plant. Nice bright colors and it looks like it will produce lots of nectar. Plus, it'll make a beautiful background for any bugs or birds you catch on it



Thanks for sharing,
Steve

Skippy

Thanks Steve

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Good looking bloom Skippy So do most of your birds hang around during the Fall/Winter? If so, they are gonna love this plant. Nice bright colors and it looks like it will produce lots of nectar. Plus, it'll make a beautiful background for any bugs or birds you catch on it

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

I live on the coast, and we don't get a lot of birds, except sparrows
I have seen little honey eaters on the plants in my nextdoor neighbours fence, so I had a look what they planted, and went down to the nursery to see what I could put in that was attractive to Birds and Butterflies and Native.

Steve if those flower buds on the other two plants come out I will be sure to photograph them because they have really spectacular flowers, totally different to the one I posted.

The Swan Plants I put in are hopefully the ones that will bring in the butterflies to do their complete life cycle, and the Gravillea's will help feed them once they hatch. < --- that's the plan :

Take Care .............. Skippy (Australia)