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I have only been photographing native orchids for a few years. I spent many years photographing fungi, mostly in the same reserves as several orchids. It was one of my neighbour's who suggested I should check out a few of the orchids in one of our local reserves. I was in the reserve one afternoon wandering along one of the tracks when I met another photographer who showed me a patch of mosquito orchids. They are so small and with my ageing eyes, I could not see any detail in the flower at all. It was only when I was looking at the image on the computer, I could see it properly. One thing about native orchids there are species flowering all year round, whereas fungi is generally only for a few months each year. I still photograph fungi if I see some while on my travels, and still travel out the odd night for ghost fungi.
Omphalotus nidiformis aka Ghost Fungi. It was a full moon this evening hence ambient light in the background. No moon is better to see the ghost fungi glow
Mosquito Orchids (Acianthus pusillus)
Closeup of usual colour
Occasionally you can also see them in green form
