Jimmy Turner
@texaninnz.bsky.social
Gardener horticulturist former Director of Hort for Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, CEO of Red Butte Garden and CityParklands of Brisbane. Plant geek & cook. Now just vegetable gardening in Northern New Zealand. 🏳️🌈
The Striped Sun #Orchid (Thelymitra pulchella)
#Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand. These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
#Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand. These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
December 28, 2023 at 8:17 PM
The Striped Sun #Orchid (Thelymitra pulchella)
#Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand. These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
#Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand. These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
Apparently Violas grow really well here in #NewZealand. This seed grown one hasn't stopped looking like this for months. #Flowers #Gardening #NZGarden
December 23, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Apparently Violas grow really well here in #NewZealand. This seed grown one hasn't stopped looking like this for months. #Flowers #Gardening #NZGarden
Apparently #Hippeastrum (commmonly called #Amaryllis) grows really well in the North Island of #NewZealand. These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel. #Bulbs #Flowers #Garden
December 18, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Apparently #Hippeastrum (commmonly called #Amaryllis) grows really well in the North Island of #NewZealand. These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel. #Bulbs #Flowers #Garden
The new place I'm living is a heathland of Leptospermum scoparium, but the ground underneath is coated with this #Lichen (Cladonia confusa). A rather surreal looking landscape. #NewZealand #NZFlora #Moss
October 12, 2023 at 7:12 PM
The new place I'm living is a heathland of Leptospermum scoparium, but the ground underneath is coated with this #Lichen (Cladonia confusa). A rather surreal looking landscape. #NewZealand #NZFlora #Moss
I found these right outside my door. Drosera pygmaea a #CarnivorousPlant native to Australia & #NewZealand. Tiny rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves with sticky tentacles are used to capture bugs. Leaves are often reddish & the flowers are yellow or white. #NZFlora #CarnivorousPlant #Horticulture
September 22, 2023 at 4:46 AM
I found these right outside my door. Drosera pygmaea a #CarnivorousPlant native to Australia & #NewZealand. Tiny rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves with sticky tentacles are used to capture bugs. Leaves are often reddish & the flowers are yellow or white. #NZFlora #CarnivorousPlant #Horticulture
We seem to have moved to the end of the rainbow here in Far North, Aotearoa New Zealand. This is at least a weekly occurrence. They’re often so close that you feel as if you could reach out and touch them. Now where is that pot of gold?!
September 22, 2023 at 3:54 AM
We seem to have moved to the end of the rainbow here in Far North, Aotearoa New Zealand. This is at least a weekly occurrence. They’re often so close that you feel as if you could reach out and touch them. Now where is that pot of gold?!