Location: Cunningham’s Gap, Queensland, Australia. This wasn’t exactly a hike as I only walked about 100 meters, but I photographed a lot of orchids in that space. Now Cunningham’s Gap is named after the English botanist/explorer Alan Cunningham, who also has his name in a few species of plants found in the area. He has a monument near the car park which is covered in lichen and moss and growing on that are scores of immature Sarcochilus falcatus . Also the trees next to the break in the forest made from the road, had large communities of Sarcochilus falcatus growing on them. Also in the Hoop Pines (Araucaria Cunninghamii) at… Read On

Co-evolution is a change in the genetic composition of one species (or group) in response to a genetic change in another. Or reciprocal changes between two species (or groups). And in the following article I will try and explain it as simply as possible. A good example of the co-evolution study would be between the Star Orchid of Madagascar (Angraecum sesquipedale) which has a 30cm long tube at the back of the flower with nectar in the bottom called a nectary, and the Madagascan Hawk Moth (Xanthopan morganii praedicta) which has a proboscis that is equally as long as the flower’s nectary. Now these two species were made famous by… Read On

Here is some useful information on Pyrethum and pyrethroids. Read On