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Māhoe (Melicytus ramiflorus)Observer
julie17Description
Peeking out from under the deck.
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Scaly Tree Ferns (Genus Cyathea)Observer
julie17Description
Last of the under deck/house ferns. As you can see it is also glossy.
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Shining Spleenwort (Asplenium oblongifolium)Observer
julie17Description
After looking in books, I think this is a kind of asplenium fern (?) - a native and common to the Titahi Bay area.
It's growing under the house so not able to get a total photo, sorry.
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Thread Fern (Blechnum filiforme)Observer
julie17Description
Another fern under the back deck - a wee one - maybe a kind of button fern (I'm hoping this one's a NZ fern!)
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Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata)Observer
julie17Description
Another mystery fern - this one under the back deck.
It seems different than the male fern under the front deck - glossy and a different underside.
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Sheetweb Spiders (Genus Cambridgea)Observer
julie17Description
This spider was bigger than appears in the photo.
This is the biggest wild spider I have ever seen in any country. Since heffing this one back into the back yard, we have never seen another like it.
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Common Onion-Orchid (Microtis unifolia)Observer
julie17Description
I think I've got the ID right - this is an orchid invasion of our front section. Definitely not planted, these onion orchids are very welcome. They are the first native NZ plant to 'volunteer' on our section. Where did they come from? The wind is my best guess.
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Blue Pigroot (Sisyrinchium micranthum)Observer
julie17Description
A few of these were blooming along one of the main tracks - exotic? native?
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Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)Observer
julie17Description
We have a few different ferns growing under the front and back decks - none of them were planted (one is under the house!) and we're curious to know whether they are native ferns, runaway exotic ferns, or even pest ferns.
I've rented books from the library to try and identify this one, but didn't come up with anything. Would be great to know.
