Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Red Beard Orchid (Calochilus paludosus) is an eye-catching terrestrial orchid native to the swampy heaths and peaty coastal plains of southeastern Australia and New Zealand. Instantly identifiable by its long, cascading apron of glistening, copper-red to crimson...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Pink Fingers (Caladenia carnea) is one of Australasia’s most beloved and widespread spring wildflowers, celebrated for its dainty, candy-pink blossoms that nod gently in spring breezes. Featuring five slender, spreading floral segments that resemble the fingers...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Large Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana major) is universally celebrated as one of the most astonishingly sculpted botanical marvels on planet Earth. Endemic to eastern and southern Australia, this miniature terrestrial orchid produces blossoms that uncannily resemble a...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) is one of the most dazzling and celebrated wildflowers of southern and eastern Australia. Renowned for its brilliant sky-blue to violet blossoms patterned with deep blue or violet spots, this heliophilic terrestrial orchid...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Austral Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes australis) is an exquisite and geometrically captivating terrestrial orchid found across the wet grasslands and montane bogs of eastern and southern Australia. Famous for its tightly wound floral spike that spirals like a braided...
