Gold Medal
Beautiful grandiflora rose, Gold Medal with its beautiful golden yellow petals and splashes of pink.
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Macro Monday – September 16th 2024 – Nostalgia
Macro Monday – September 2nd 2024 – Honeybee and Cape Daisies
beautiful honeybee enjoying the beautiful Cape yellow and purple Daisies. Continue reading
Macro Monday – April 15th 2024 – Garden Orb Weaver
Hello and happy Monday! I hope your day is going smoothly. Today’s macro Monday is the majestic garden orb weaver spider. I love these beautiful little guys. Some facts I find interesting about Orb Weavers are, – Orb Weavers are … Continue reading
Macro Monday – April 1st 2024 – Drosera x Sidjamesii
Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful day. Today’s photo is of the magnificent drosera x Sidjamesii, the pygmy sundew is a natural hybrid between D. pulchella and D. patens. Found on the shores of a few lakes north of Perth, … Continue reading
Macro Monday – March 4th 2024 – Kikihia subalpina
Happy Monday! I hope you’re having a great 2024 so far, I can’t believe it’s March already?! What?! Today’s photo is of a subalpine green cicada, just hanging out on an echinacea flower. Subalpine green cicadas, which is a species … Continue reading
Macro Monday – February 26th 2024 – Coccinella undecimpunctata
Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. Today’s photo is of the beautiful Eleven-Spotted Ladybird – Coccinella undecimpunctata. Originally from the northern hemisphere but now widespread throughout New Zealand, supposedly introduced in 1874 by the Canterbury Acclimatization Society (which would make … Continue reading
Macro Monday – February 19th 2024 – Pinguicula x Weser
Happy Monday! Today’s photo is of the beautiful Pinguicula x Weser (Butterwort/Carnivorous Plant), which is is a hybrid of P. ehlersiae and P. moranensis. Registered as a cultivar in 1998, it received its name after a the River Weser in … Continue reading
Macro Monday – February 12th 2024 – Flower Longhorn Beetle
Happy Monday! This magnificent little dude is a Zorion australe aka Flower longhorn beetle which is endemic to New Zealand. You’ll find Some cool facts about Zorion/longhorn beetles on this page, they include but aren’t limited to, Super excited to … Continue reading
Macro Monday – February 5th 2024 – Drosera Nidiformis
Happy Monday! Wow February already!? Hope your 2024 is going well so far. Today’s photo is the tropical sundew Drosera Nidiformis, indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, uncurling its beautiful spiral flower stem. Which will eventually show lovely pink flowers. … Continue reading
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