Alpine Flower a Day: Large Mountain Daisy
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 14, Large Mountain Daisy (Celmisia Semicordata) – daisy heads as big as my hand, lovely silver blades as leaves...
Alpine Flower a Day: Scarlet Snowberry
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 13, Scarlet Snowberry (Gaultheria crassa) – a little bush about 50cm high with these gorgeous flowers that turn...
Alpine Flower a Day: Hatch's Sun Orchid
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 12, Hatch's Sun Orchid (Thelymitra hatchii) – about 6cm tall, flower about 1.5 cm wide – Jan 2020 1000-acre...
Alpine Flower a Day: Korokia
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 11, Korokia (Corokia cotoneaster) – the bush grows up to 3m, flowers about 1cm – on the Banks Track overlooking...
Alpine Flower a Day: Pale White Fingers Orchid
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 7: Pale White Fingers (Caladenia Nothofageti) (note I may not have the identification of this orchid right!) –...
Alpine Flower a Day: Mountain Astelia
Alpine Flower a Day: Day 6, Mountain Astelia (Astelia nervosa) – flowerhead are about the size of a bunch of grapes, though the seed...
Alpine Flower a Day: Spoon-leaved Sundew
Alpine Flower a Day: Day Five, Spoon-leaved Sundew (Drosera spathulata) – each tiny flower about 5mm across – Jan 2021, near tarns, on...
An Alpine Flower a Day: Māori onion
Flower a Day: Day 4, Māori onion (Bulbinella hookeri) – about a metre high – taken near Granity Pass Hut, Mt Owen, Kahurangi National...
An Alpine Flower A Day: New Zealand Cushion
Flower A Day: Day 3, New Zealand Cushion (Donatia novae zelandiae) – The flowers are about 8mm wide on a cushion size plant – photo taken...
An Alpine Flower A Day: Woollyhead
Flower A Day: Day 2, Woollyhead (Craspedia uniflora) – The flowerhead is smaller then a pea – photo taken Janurary 2021, 1000 Acre...
