Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Chapman’s Spider Orchid (Caladenia chapmanii) is a distinguished and handsome terrestrial spider orchid endemic to the moist, high-rainfall tall forests of southwestern Western Australia. Named in honor of dedicated field botanist Eric Chapman, this species...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Common Donkey Orchid (Diuris corymbosa), often known as the Wallflower Orchid, is one of the most prolific and joyful wildflowers heralds of springtime in southwestern Australia. Producing a corymb-like cluster of golden-yellow flowers boldly decorated with...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Banded Greenhood (Pterostylis vittata) is an exquisite and widespread winter-flowering terrestrial orchid native to the temperate woodlands and coastal scrub of southern Australia. Distinctively adorned with translucent green hooded flowers highlighted by...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Common Mignonette Orchid (Microtis media) is one of the most resilient, abundant, and widespread terrestrial orchids in Western Australia. Rising from damp depressions, swamp edges, and mossy granite aprons as a single erect, hollow tubular leaf that pierces the...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda) is undeniably one of the most majestic, celebrated, and widely recognized wild orchids of Western Australia. Bearing exceptionally large, luminous white blossoms with extraordinarily elongated, filamentous sepals that...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Western Helmet Orchid (Corybas recurvus) is an enchanting miniature ground-dweller endemic to the cool, moist coastal woodlands of southwestern Australia. Forming dense clonal colonies in damp moss beds and decomposing leaf litter, this diminutive botanical...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Pansy Orchid (Diuris magnifica) is widely celebrated as the largest and most spectacular member of the donkey orchid genus in Western Australia. Boasting flamboyant blossoms painted in vibrant golden yellow, violet, and deep purple-brown blotches that closely...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Jug Orchid (Pterostylis recurva), also known as the Pitcher Greenhood, is one of the most structurally astounding terrestrial orchids in Australia. Featuring an ornate, jug-like galea adorned with a vivid green-and-white checkered pattern and swept-back horn-like...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Zebra Orchid (Caladenia cairnsiana) is an extraordinary and instantly recognizable terrestrial spider orchid endemic to southwestern Australia. Distinguished by its strongly swept-back petals and sepals and a strikingly arched labellum marked with bold,...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Sugar Orchid (Ericksonella saccharata), formerly known as Caladenia saccharata, is an enchanting miniature terrestrial orchid endemic to the semi-arid interior woodlands and granite shields of southwestern Australia. Representing the sole species in the monotypic...
