Orchids

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…

Spring is the time of the year that we most look forward to, with many of our most impressive orchids flowering in this season. The…

With the last month of winter fast approaching we are observing many of our winter species of orchids in full flower, while leaves and buds…

Well it’s mid winter and a great time to be out in the field in between the wind and the rain showers to see what…