I have always wondered how this plant ever gets polinated as there are not that many bees in WA . I was taking photos of the flowers as we are about to loose the rains for a good week, when I noticed a most unexpercted behaviour. The fly did not just land on the flower it walked all over it the flies probiscis was going all over the flower in the mean time the flower was getting polinated. DO LOOK as Large as you can this a crop of the D810 file so you can see the pollen all over the fly. This time of year we start to see the bush flies about that become a pest in the next few months. This is how the australian plants live with out bees.
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William Sutherland said:
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Xata said:
I also love your bonsaï.
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