|
|
Post by Hezz on Jan 25, 2019 1:36:43 GMT
|
|
Apr 20, 2024 0:37:10 GMT
Deleted
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 6:31:30 GMT
He’s stunning Hezz. His colours match the bird mirror 😃 |
|
|
|
Post by jellybean on Jan 25, 2019 9:28:31 GMT
🤣🤣 Is there anything that boy won't investigate!!!
He really is a beauty
|
|
Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
Administrator 
George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
Posts: 28,743 
|
Post by Marianne Marlow on Jan 25, 2019 9:35:55 GMT
Loki is so pretty!  What is in the floral arrangement Hezz?  |
|
|
|
Post by Hezz on Jan 25, 2019 10:31:13 GMT
Marianne Marlow, it is a (only one) golden penda flowerette. Many small flowers making up one main clump. He loves flowers - I think he thinks he is a rainbow lorikeet in South American colours.  My early morning "dog walks" include snaffling appropriate flowers to add to the Lokster's diet. The dog still remains ignorant of the fact that his walks have an ulterior motive. 
|
|
Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
Administrator
George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
Posts: 28,743
|
Post by Marianne Marlow on Jan 25, 2019 11:00:19 GMT
I'm sure that the dog doesn't mind, as long as he gets his walk.
You must have done a lot of research as to which flowers Loki can eat.
Silly me, I thought that they were Euccy leaves with some flowers added.
|
|
|
|
Post by samwiseg on Jan 25, 2019 11:21:49 GMT
Oh how I love Loki and what a diet he has! You are so lucky being able to pick these flowers too Hezz...talking out of ignorance, are they nectar rich flowers then? Is that what Loki likes so much about them? |
|
|
|
Post by ffiscool on Jan 25, 2019 13:33:05 GMT
so beautiful
|
|
|
|
Post by stevex on Jan 25, 2019 18:03:35 GMT
The first photo is so funny. He is a magnificent bird. |
|
|
|
Post by skysmum on Jan 25, 2019 21:26:26 GMT
That boy, he's such a pickle . Such a beautiful flower, way to pretty to eat, does it have a scent Hezz? |
|
|
|
Post by criswell on Jan 25, 2019 23:28:01 GMT
Loki is so lovely and they are great photos
|
|
|
|
Post by Hezz on Jan 26, 2019 1:11:21 GMT
Regarding the flowers, I pick as long as I can reach, anything that the lorikeets feed on, and he seems to love them all. Of course he doesn't have the brush tongue that they have, but he does a great job of chewing the centres out, so I guess he is getting the nectar. The flowers are very much the same as eucalyptus flowers, or bottlebrush flowers, they all have a similarity. Marianne, he likes chewing the leaves as well, he smells so lovely when it has been the eucalyptus leaves. I could sniff him all day, lol! skysmum , no, no smell. They are very pretty though. The trees all bloom at the same time, usually after a good lot of thunderstorms or a cyclone, and the trees are totally covered. Very stunning, but they don't last any time - in a couple of weeks it is all over. Here are a couple of photos I had taken of two golden pendas a couple of years ago:  closeup -  |
|
|
|
Post by samwiseg on Jan 26, 2019 8:41:28 GMT
Oh wow not only beautiful singularly but what a display on the tree! Stunning just stunning  I have to say its getting me all excited about our garden again next on our agenda is buying a rose and some garden furniture yay! |
|
|
|
Post by Hezz on Jan 26, 2019 10:11:24 GMT
Just a normal looking tree at any other time, but when they go off, they really do put on a show. No shortage of Loki-food for a week or two, only.
|
|
|
|
Post by skysmum on Jan 27, 2019 22:05:02 GMT
Ahhh i remember those pics Hezz, i think i asked the same question back then about them having a scent, they just look as though they should have, so pretty I have a small bottle brush and it graced me with three beautiful red flowers last year, i can see the similarity, the house round the corner has a large one in the front garden and its beautiful in the summer |
|
