On every track at Baw Baw we saw Mueller's Snow Gentians Chionogentias muelleriana ssp. muelleriana - Ferdinand Mueller was the Victorian Government's first botanist - and they never failed to delight. What a beautiful plant. But we only saw one flowering patch of the beautiful Sky Lily Herpolirion novae-zelandiae. It grows in moist peaty soil which is where we found it, and is quite common, but the only plants flowering were in the shade under a picnic table near the village! Snow Gentians and Sky Lilies - poetry in their names and beauty in their appearance.
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Wow! They're exquisite. I haven't been to Mt Baw Baw for years --- and now you've reawakened my interest in the area.
Do those snazzy montane grasshoppers occur in that area?
Hi Snail
We saw several grasshoppers, including the flightless. Watch this space.
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