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...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Winter Donkey Orchid (Diuris brumalis) is a cheerful, early-blooming terrestrial orchid celebrated as one of the first floral heralds of spring in southwestern Australia. Bursting into bloom during the cold, wet depths of mid-winter, this hardy species displays...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Narrow-lipped Hammer Orchid (Drakaea thynniphila) is a world-renowned botanical curiosity endemic to the southwest corner of Western Australia. Belonging to the specialized hammer orchid genus Drakaea, this remarkable species produces a modified labellum that...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Western Bearded Greenhood (Pterostylis barbata), also known colloquially as the Bird Orchid, is one of the most eccentric and spectacular members of the greenhood orchid genus. Endemic to southwestern Australia, this extraordinary terrestrial orchid is...
