Game time!

Anyone want to guess what these are?
You can click on the picture for a larger image.

 

Collected last weekend in Pokolbin NSW

 

No prizes except bragging rights! (I may have a clue or 2 up my sleeve).

 

UPDATE:

This is what the next stage will look like:

 

 

And then this! Crinum pedunculatum, or Crinum Lily. 

 

 

Mauve Monday

Today ventured out into the garden to see what's flowering after all the rain we've had, and I'm noticing a theme... deja vu anyone?

 

I've heard that flowers in this colour range are great for attracting insects (and therefore insect-eating birds) and the insect diversity definitely seems to be increasing, so I must be doing something right!

 

 

Melaleuca decussata

  

Melaleuca thymifolia

 

Lagerstroemia hybrid

 

Allium sp.