Australia Trip Photos
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We saw many strange or otherwise noteable plants.
The Upside-Down Plant which has flowers near the ground. This was found near Uluru.
A desert forest.
Some of these trees are several hundred years old. They grow very slowly.
Spring flowers in the desert at King's Canyon Resort
The Wattle (genus Acacia, in the Mimosa family)
This is the National Flower.
Pretty, but poisionous, plant in the Rainforestation Nature Park
This is the "Gympie Gympie" or "Stinger" (Dendrocnide moroides).
Another plant in the Rainforestation Nature Park, possibly an orchid
This plant uses the tree for support, but is not parasitic. Such plants are called Epiphytes.
This was at the transfer station on the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway on the way down from Kuranda.