Steve Paxton's photos with the keyword: Plants

The very first of the Long soaking rain of winter The plants come Back to life. In the middle to the Back on the thicker part you can see the plants coming back to life they are Green ( This was my focus point in the shot). This is the 7th year I have had these plants from the wild. When you see them like this close up they kind of look like palm trees but very small and Very Very old. The plants open out from the tight closed "Dead" looking plant , then they start to colour up orange then they go green next. The only thing that did not like living in the city was the moss that grew out in the wild. This has got thinner and thinner but is being replaced by the moss that normally grows on the Bonsai's. The moss gets the same treatment as the plants no extra water but for the Rain no sprinklers system on these but the rain.

The small group I have that are real wild plants and they get treated the very same as the plants out in the wild. This is a flower very few would ever see if ever as they are way out in the bush living on the wild rocks of the area. In the 5 years I have had this group this is the very first time its flowered. So what is different this has been a very wet less sunny winter than we have had for a very long time. flowers only last open for a "Day" bottom one I noted open on a day i went to work but was closed by the time I got home.hidden behind the left top petal is another slowly coming out. So three flowers. Sorry Ipernity only shows one PIP on the photos but you can open below and worth the read of this unique group of Natural bonsai's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_menziesii my flowers are 100% not pink but pure white. summer cloths they all but die in the heat of summer but sleep till the winter rains wake them up. This shows the growth this winter

I went for a Walk to Lake Herdsman while my wife went to the Hair dresser...

After the very long hot summer we have had good solid soaking rain in our area not just in the hills and spits like we have had for a few months. The plant is waking up after its long summer sleep as you can see the leaves forming rosettes again not closed tightly. With a bit more rain this should turn green if the plant does not get enough water it will simply hibernate some more.

Sun dew Insect eating plants all the closed ones have insects trapped in.. This is found in the Plate the with the small plants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_menziesii

Sun dew Insect eating plants. This is found in the Plate the with the small plants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_glanduligera

The land at its best after harvest. Covid 19 No new fences its look back in time and stay safe.................................

After a long dry spell of summer for the second time the plants have woken up and start growing. As we have more rain coming I will add these to the bonsai stands to get watered regularly. The only thing I have done to these I have removed the fallen leaves from the plants this season.

After a long dry spell of summer for the second time the plants have woken up and start growing. As we have more rain coming I will add these to the bonsai stands to get watered regularly. The only thing I have done to these I have removed the fallen leaves from the plants this season that cover over the moss below. The plants have gone from closed up straw colour to an opened up rosette of orange then starts to go to green. Amazing small plants from the Wilds of WA.

Behind the fence A mix of Clara's plants and Bonsai's. A lot still training and large plastic training pots. PIPS show the plants as in the Bonsai Album.

This Is the plant after the summer dry and no water at all. Today has been our first day of rain the whole day so I have put it out in the rain to wake up from the Summer Sleep. PIP one shows the winter colour. PIP 2 shows last years summer colour even on the rocks it is the same as my colour this year. gardentravelhub.com/bushwalk-from-sullivan-rock-to-mt-cooke this will be interesting to see it change the moss has already started to go green after the days rain and the leave more orange colour. PIP 3 show the plant after two weeks water.

This has come out in the Group I have on the rock far more than one , from what I read not very good sign. library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/FullTextFiles/070382.pdf They will all be cut off tomorrow.

Water drops every where,a shot less taken. Normal is the PIP.

if you look to the right you can see that there is a flower stem starting to show.

The plant and a seeding in front in the moss. note how the moss has changed in winter. note the plant is like a palm and its very spiky.

Coming up in the middle of the plate in all the Borya constricta Churchill there are two Drosera (sun dew plants carnivorous). look at the left hand side plant has a fly that fly about the moss. these plant are living in nitrogen poor soil this is how they get there fertilizer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_menziesii

Winter cloths and new plants coming up There is even a new flower starting to develop. compare to the PIP's you can see the winter colour of being out of hibernation.

One of natures true native Bonsai's. This is all over the huge granite outcrops i take photos on. at the moment the plant is turning green and the moss also its winter its raining and the plant comes to life. in summer its a bright orange "Autumn like" in hibernation till the rains come next winter. lives just as you see it in that much or less soil as this has as it straight off the rock onto this Granite plate. no fertiliser on added water this plant will live apart from the rest like it was living on the rock to live the same seasons. the plant is no more than 40mm high has white flowers in winter..... this is a big learning curve. look at the first two photos. PIP no 2 gardentravelhub.com/bushwalk-from-sullivan-rock-to-mt-cooke