Greetings fellow Foxies,
Today I visited the Granite Trail with Jess, a colleague and an economist with a heart. I wanted to show her the visual delight of colour and form of a wandoo draped over a large granite rock that is shown at 2 times in the day below. Jess admitted that it is a nice rock (but not suitable for a quarry I guess!).
Today I visited the Granite Trail with Jess, a colleague and an economist with a heart. I wanted to show her the visual delight of colour and form of a wandoo draped over a large granite rock that is shown at 2 times in the day below. Jess admitted that it is a nice rock (but not suitable for a quarry I guess!).
 Dawn |  Mid-morning |
I had more success in activating the economic aorta when we moved to the flowering Dodonaea humifusa (a hopbush) groundcover plants that drape over rocks in red clay soil.
This hardy and delightful species has male and female plants like the she-oaks. Male plant flowers appear normal at first glance, but are basically petals and anthers that released a cloud of pollen when Jess touched them. She loved that. The female plant flowers are just the ovary with a red style (tube).
If you know any economists who need an emotional kickstart, take them to the Granite Trail in late summer-autumn.
This hardy and delightful species has male and female plants like the she-oaks. Male plant flowers appear normal at first glance, but are basically petals and anthers that released a cloud of pollen when Jess touched them. She loved that. The female plant flowers are just the ovary with a red style (tube).
If you know any economists who need an emotional kickstart, take them to the Granite Trail in late summer-autumn.
Female plant on left,male on right
 Carpets of evergreen plants |  Glistening red styles on female plants |  Males seem to have normal flowers |  Female flower left male right |