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Popular cultivar with lovely creamy pink and yellow inflorescence. Adored by honey eaters*. Yim yum

*Honeyeaters are a group of birds

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[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

I gotta grow a proboscis so I can slurp these

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh I did also see a bug on a billy button

(Not strictly a billy button but saying that because the alliteration is funny)

I wish my phone took better macro photos it's making me dizzy

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Ngl i was tempted to give em a lil lick. I think the nectar is somewhat bitter though and First Peoples would dilute it in water before drinking it?

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