Orchids

Our weather has been so dry but still the Rosy Hyacinth Orchid, Dipodium roseum, and the Spotted Hyacinth Orchid, D. pardalinum, have been delighting both visitors and…

The Large Duck Orchid, Caleana major, is always exciting to find with its maroon, duck-like, glossy flower. Large Duck Orchid The Little Duck, C. minor, is a smaller…

The spring orchids have been flowering well, especially the sun orchids opening in the warm sunny weather. It is very hard to choose just one…

A warm, sunny, spring day and suddenly there are lots of purple Wax-lip Orchids, Glossodia major, in varying shades of colour to see. Wax-lip Orchid (image: Neil…

The hairy leaves of spider orchids are appearing in many areas around the district now. Spider Orchid leaves One of the first spider orchids to…

Tall Greenhood, Pterostylis melagramma, is appearing now along our bushland tracks and looks like it will have a good year. Tall Greenhood It can grow to…

Veined Helmet Orchid, Corybas diemenicus Veined Helmet Orchid (photo Margaret MacDonald) Due to the dry autumn it’s not quite time yet to view these delightful little…

Small Mosquito Orchid, Acianthus pusillus, with its insect-like flowers and heart-shaped leaves are starting to flower now. Mosquito Orchid The colonies of green leaves, purple underneath,…

One of our first greenhood orchids to flower is the Brown-tipped Greenhood, Pterostylis clivosa, with its brown tips visible even as buds. Many are standing…

It has certainly been a disappointing first month of autumn in the orchid world. A few more Sharp Midge Orchids, Corunastylis despectans, featured in our March…