Caleana minor
The small duck orcid - Caleana minor - is commonly encountered in coastal heathland throughout Victoria. This particular reserve had hundreds of plants throughout it.
The small duck orcid - Caleana minor - is commonly encountered in coastal heathland throughout Victoria. This particular reserve had hundreds of plants throughout it.
An unseasonally heavy rain event fills an alpine lake in Victoria and temporarily submerges the Spiranthes australis (or S. alticola?) residing on its edge. This species loves wet feet but…
Thynninorchis huntiana (Arthrochilus huntianus) is an elbow orchid found in south eastern Australia. It grows in woodland from the coast to subalpine forests. I found this specimen on Mt Buffalo.
Thelymitra cyanea growing in the Bogong High Plains.
Dipodium roseum is very common hyacinth orchid in Victoria. The species grows in forest and woodland, putting up showy pink scapes during the summer. It is most similar to D.…
A rather ornate bloom of Anoectochilus growing at approx 1000 m elevation in North Sumatra
In the central coast of Australia, Dockrillia linguiformis (Dendrobium linguiforme) often grows as an epiphyte on Casuarina by the estuaries.
Diuris abbreviata growing wild in the Warrumbungles in September 2018.
Dendrobium closterium is an epiphytic species endemic to New Caledonia. It is characterised by a fleshy psudobulb and yellow blooms with rounded lower lip appendages. It is found in sparse…
I found this imposing Bulbophyllum sp. growing at 1,000 m elevation in the rainforest of Jambi, Sumatra. It appears to be Bulbophyllum virescens or another closely related species, but I'm…