Orchids

The highlight of the month is the emergence of Striped Greenhoods, Pterostylis striata, in the known site within the Great Otway National Park at Anglesea.…

With autumn almost over, and with no success in tracking down the Large Autumn Greenhood that flowered so well in the last two seasons, we…

We were thrilled to see the delightful Fringed Hare Orchids, Leporella fimbriata, flowering amongst low vegetation. Although the flower stem is only 25 cm high,…

Now is the time to look for the delightful Parson’s Bands, Eriochilus cucullatus. Parson's Bands The first ones were seen flowering on 14 March near…

Flowering amongst large colonies of leaves the tiny flowers of the Autumn Wasp Orchid, Chiloglottis curviclavia, are greenish brown to purplish. Autumn Wasp Orchid leaves…

They were growing in the Alcoa Conservation Reserve at Anglesea, flowering in December in the same area as Rosy Hyacinth Orchids, Dipodium roseum, and rare…

With the lack of rain recently our beautiful sun orchids and the other spring orchids came to an abrupt finish. Some people were lucky to…

The warm dry October has brought the spring orchid flowering to a rapid early close, unlike the previous few years. The sun orchids that gave…

The Purple Beard Orchid, Calochilis robertsonii, is a robust, tall orchid (to 45 cm) with up to seven greenish flowers with red stripes. The labellum is…

Due to the hot, dry and windy weather conditions the first few weeks of spring have been disappointing in the orchid world. Nevertheless all the…