Rotorua Botanical Society Field trip to Lake Rotokawa

The botanical society group, Trevor, Lucy, Sarah, Paul, and two Johns	Lake and steam	Party in a steamfield	Steam and clouds
Mud pool. Tauhara behind	Mud pool - another view	In case we didn't know!	Green-hued water of Parariki Stream - near Lake Rotokawa outlet
Reflecting gorse in green-hued waters - not very poetic	Lichen patches and prostrate kanuka	A steep sided crater	Prostrate kanuka flowers
Prostrate kanuka with temperature probe in top 5 cm - 52 degrees Celcius	Thermometer in mingimingi - not as hot as neighbouring prostrate kanuka	Another crater, hard to see the bottom	Easier crater to see bottom
Some colours on crater sides	Sulphur cliffs	Sulphur formations 1	Sulphur formations 2
Sulphur formation 3	Sulphur formation 4	Other cliff formations	The cliffs are worth a photo - John Hobbs
A crater - may be 30 m deep	Another view	Lycopodiella cernua 1	Lycopodiella cernua 1
Another crater	Whats down there?	Sulphur yellow walls	Deyeuxia avenoides grassland
Red-bearded orchid (Calochilus robertsonii) - habitat	Red-bearded orchid - habitat 2	Red-bearded orchid 1	Red-bearded orchid 2
Scrub, Lake Rotokawa and Mt Tahaura behind	Overview pano 1	Overview pano 2