Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains

08/08/2026

Would you have chosen a different Top 10? 🤔
Nuytsia? Resurrection fern? Nothofagus? Club moss? C4 grasses like Kangaroo grass? Saltbushes?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-08-05/science-week-amazing-wildflowers-poll/106612968

Move over waratahs and banksias! These 10 flowers from the unsung understorey are not just pretty faces, they have surprising tricks up their sleeves.

03/08/2026

orchids!

Orchids are among our most beautiful and intriguing native wildflowers, with Victoria home to over 400 species, most of which grow nowhere else in the world. Sadly, however, half of our native orchid species are threatened with extinction in the wild. The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Orchid Conser...

29/07/2026

As we prepare for this spring's trip to Gariwerd The Grampians, here's a throwback to the APSKP group visit 21 years ago. Some of those kids are parents now!

24/07/2026

Our neighbouring group of primates has an interesting talk next meeting

20/07/2026

Never thought bullants would be at risk from poachers, but our local grasslands species is!

Calls grow to protect rare Melbourne grassland bullant as poaching threatens the species’ survival.

20/07/2026

Our next meeting!

See you there and bring along a flower to talk about.

10/07/2026

Several members of APS Keilor Plains are going! It should be great fun and the rain should bring on heaps of wildflowers. See you there - Chris C

24/04/2026

Great online talk coming up on May 5 on birds of the grasslands, organised by Grassy Plains Network;

From Button Quail exploding from the undergrowth almost beneath your feet, to raptors soaring high over the plains, a huge variety of birds call our grasslands home. Join Mark Antos […]

19/04/2026

APS Vic post about our next meeting! See you there and bring your friends - see also the event below. Chris C.