Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Freckled Sun Orchid (Thelymitra sargentii) is a charismatic and vividly colored sun orchid endemic to the inland sandplains and open woodlands of south-western Australia. True to its common name, its radiant golden-yellow star-like petals and sepals are liberally...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Funnel-web Spider Orchid (Caladenia infundibularis) is a striking terrestrial orchid endemic to the windswept south-western coastline of Western Australia. Exhibiting elegantly arching, greenish-yellow sepals flushed with red-brown central lines and an intricately...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Curly Locks Sun Orchid (Thelymitra spiralis) is an extraordinary and instantly recognizable terrestrial orchid endemic to south-western Australia. Famed for its bizarre, tightly spiraled corkscrew leaf that coils around the lower flowering stem, this diurnal...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Nanny Goat Orchid (Diuris laevis) is an elegant and common terrestrial orchid native to the seasonally inundated swamplands and claypans of southwestern Australia. Flowering in late spring, its creamy-white to pale lemon blossoms feature spreading lateral petals...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Tiny Helmet Orchid (Corybas despectans) is one of the smallest and most secretive terrestrial orchids in the world. Nestled directly upon coastal sands and decaying leaf mold across southern Australia, this miniature botanical marvel produces a single...
