Enfield State Park

A larger than usual number of naturalists visited Enfield State Park:

on the hunt for rare plants. Lots of people because there were two clubs meeting up for this excursion.

The area saw a lot of gold mining in the 1800s, and the soil has been dug up and turned over so much that is it surprising anything grows there. This fragment of what appears to have been a bowl is not a normal find in a state forest:

This is what I really wanted to see:

The Enfield grevillea, Grevillea bedggoodiana, which is a rare and vulnerable plant that only grows in this area.

Other plants seen included tiny orchids:

Leopard orchid? Tiger orchid? Some sort of Diuris orchid, anyway.

For those who watch Gardening Australia, do you think this orchid should be called a Costa orchid?

It is a beard orchid, anyway. Calochilus species.

Blue-spotted sun orchid:

Thelymitra species. Not quite fully open because there wasn't enough sun.

There was great excitement about a leek orchid, but I didn't realise how rare they were so didn't photograph it.

As well as orchids, there were many other small wildflowers in bloom:

Another interesting day out in a local spot I haven't visited before!