Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
French’s Greenhood (Pterostylis frenchii) is an attractive and robust terrestrial greenhood orchid native to the coastal sandplains and tuart forests of southwestern Western Australia. Characterized by its tall flowering stem bearing a loose spike of translucent...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Powder Blue Orchid (Cyanicula ashbyae) is an exquisite and rare terrestrial orchid endemic to the granite inselbergs of the northern Wheatbelt in Western Australia. Named in honor of botanical collector Alison Ashby, this dazzling geophyte produces delicate starry...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Plumed Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum plumiforme) is an attractive and sweetly scented terrestrial orchid native to the granitic aprons and seasonally wet soils of southwestern Western Australia. Featuring an erect spike of non-resupinate, upside-down flowers adorned...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Swamp Helmet Orchid (Corybas abditus) is a miniature, ground-hugging terrestrial orchid endemic to the cold, winter-wet peat swamps and paperbark wetlands of southern Western Australia. Concealed beneath dense canopies of sedges and tea-trees, this diminutive...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Spoon-lipped Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) is a widespread and architecturally fascinating terrestrial orchid found across the semi-arid woodlands and granite outcrops of Western Australia. Belonging to the rufa greenhood group, it features a translucent,...
