Rashid's Blog: A Place for Inquisitive Souls

It’s been fire season again down here in Australia, with all that that entails. But the threat to life and property is not the only aspect of bushfires, and it’s interesting to see how the Australian ecosystem has evolved over millennia to make use of fire. For instance, the native orchid Pyrochis nigricans, shown in this article in The Conversation, flowers in response to fire.

Then there’s the eucalyptus, so