Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Drooping Spider Orchid (Caladenia radialis) is a hardy and widespread terrestrial orchid that brightens the semi-arid woodlands and granite aprons of Western Australia’s vast Wheatbelt. Characterized by its gracefully hanging petals and boldly radiating,...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Heberle’s Spider Orchid (Caladenia heberleana) is a stately and elegant terrestrial orchid native to the maritime heaths and coastal granite fringes of southern Western Australia. Named in honor of the renowned Albany naturalist Ron Heberle, this impressive...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Cossack Spider Orchid (Caladenia dorrienii) is a critically endangered terrestrial orchid endemic to a tiny inland corridor of southwestern Australia. Recognized by its small stature, stiffly erect lateral sepals that resemble raised arms, and distinctively...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Arrowsmith Spider Orchid (Caladenia crebra) is an exquisite and rare terrestrial orchid endemic to the wind-swept kwongan sandplains north of Perth, Western Australia. Noted for its luminous lime-green tepals, striking upright posture, and densely crowded labellum...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Crab-lipped Spider Orchid (Caladenia plicata) is a charming and architecturally curious terrestrial orchid endemic to the high-rainfall forests of southwestern Australia. Distinguished by its uniquely folded, crab-like labellum with prominent purplish-red comb...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Mohawk Spider Orchid (Caladenia voigtii) is an iconic and visually captivating terrestrial orchid endemic to the semi-arid southern wheatbelt and goldfields of Western Australia. Named for the striking, upright, bristly crest of dark teeth along the center of its...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Bristly Donkey Orchid (Diuris setacea) is a graceful and distinctive terrestrial orchid native to southwestern Australia. So named because of the fine, bristle-like hairs that encircle its lower stem and leaf sheaths, this late-blooming donkey orchid illuminates...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Club-lipped Spider Orchid (Caladenia corynephora) is a distinctive and elegant terrestrial orchid endemic to the damp coastal swamps and river flats of southwestern Australia’s high-rainfall south coast. Distinguished by its extraordinary labellum, which...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Dark Banded Greenhood (Pterostylis sanguinea) is an attractive and robust multi-flowered terrestrial greenhood orchid native to southern Australia. Unlike the predominantly solitary green blossoms of most greenhoods, this species produces a towering, crowded spike...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Scented Sun Orchid (Thelymitra macrophylla) is a stately and aromatic terrestrial sun orchid endemic to the cool, high-rainfall forests of southwestern Australia. Forming monumental flowering spires that can reach nearly three feet in height, it bears up to thirty...
