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Rafflesia is the genus containing the world’s largest flowers. This one, Rafflesia panchoana, is among the smallest - spanning a stretched hand - and one of the most beautiful: its petals are showered in a constellation of stars that fall and fade over the edges like a red galaxy. Philippines, 2022.

Rafflesia is the genus containing the world’s largest flowers. This one, Rafflesia panchoana, is among the smallest - spanning a stretched hand - and one of the most beautiful: its petals are showered in a constellation of stars that fall and fade over the edges like a red galaxy.

16.01.2025 16:53 — 👍 62    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Leucobryum javense, or milk moss, growing on the side of a tree fern. The moss is white with a greenish tint and looks fluffy, almost furry.

Dawsonia superba, or giant moss, growing on a forest floor littered with fallen leaves and twigs. The moss is unusual in that it grows upright with long straight leaves, resembling a forest of tiny spiky trees.

some interesting mosses in the Toolangi State Forest, Taungurung/Wurundjeri Country

Leucobryum javense (milk moss)
Dawsonia superba (giant moss)

#plantsky

13.01.2025 03:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yellow- tailed black cockatoo feasting on a protea.
These birds have a huge and powerful beak that can be used for everything from sipping nectar (which is what this female is doing) to gouging insect grubs out of hard wood! 🪶🌿🌏🤩

28.12.2024 20:41 — 👍 291    🔁 46    💬 11    📌 2

A cluster of mature enoki mushrooms with shadowed gills grows on the side of a dead elm under gray skies

The same cluster of enoki mushrooms now has illuminated gills underneath and grows on the side of a dead elm under those gray skies

Hey you! Use a piece of tinfoil to reflect some light under your mushrooms!

Same enoki, with and without using a tinfoil reflector

27.11.2024 13:50 — 👍 1032    🔁 78    💬 31    📌 12

A close up of Ginkgo biloba leaves covered in small droplets of water after gentle rain.

A close up of Ginkgo biloba leaves covered in small droplets of water after gentle rain.

everyone’s favourite sexy prehistoric gymnosperm Ginkgo biloba at the Royal Botanic Gardens earlier this week

27.11.2024 02:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Dicksonia antarctica—Tasmanian tree ferns. These guys like damp, sheltered woodland slopes and moist gullies, and sometimes even can be found in cloud forests at high elevations—and Western Hills Garden, of course! 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿

26.11.2024 02:00 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This is Hydrangea seemanni. Such beauty to be had in the blooming process. Keep #bloomscrolling and #treescrolling! 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿

26.11.2024 18:30 — 👍 32    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

I found this beauty growing in a tree in the summer—Laetiporus sulphureus (I believe), also known as chicken of the woods! #fungi #fungifriends #nature #mushroom

25.11.2024 14:47 — 👍 406    🔁 18    💬 8    📌 3

This slime mold is doing its best egg impression. Sunny side up it is. 🥚🍳
Fuligo septica 💛

24.11.2024 18:08 — 👍 191    🔁 11    💬 6    📌 0

Photo of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a log

Splitgill mushroom

22.11.2024 23:42 — 👍 450    🔁 49    💬 16    📌 2

Snake bark maple, Acer davidii (China, Sapindaceae). Such a great creature! 🌲 🌳 🌱🌿

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22.11.2024 21:39 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0