Orchids

As I have said often, summer is not the time to be overly enthused by our terrestrial orchids but nevertheless there are a number of…

I feel that the 2018 sun orchid season at Anglesea was the shortest one I can remember since I began looking at orchids in the…

Anglesea has certainly had plenty of visitors coming to view our orchids over the past few weeks.People who came to the Angair Wildflower Weekend, and…

Most people who look for orchids in the Anglesea district are familiar with the large bearded greenhood that grows in the area. It has for…

As I write these notes in mid-August with spring fast approaching, there are certainly many orchid species that could be featured. The third of our…

Despite reasonable rainfall, the cold, wintry weather has not encouraged our terrestrial orchids to flower. However, one species, a particular favourite of mine, the Veined…

As I write this report in mid-June there is not too much flowering in the field to tempt people to venture out for orchid observations.Some…

Well the long awaited-for rains have fallen in early May, and the conditions for our terrestrial orchids look promising. Tiny Greenhoods, Pterosylis parviflora, that had…

With orchid reports coming in from other areas showing very little activity in the orchid world, we can be grateful that the Anglesea district always…

Despite the dry, crackling leaf litter, barks and twigs on the ground along No.2 Rd in mid-March, I nevertheless was able to locate a further…