Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Butterfly Orchid (Caladenia lobata) is an exquisite and architecturally dramatic spider orchid endemic to the diverse southwest botanical province of Western Australia. Renowned for its enormous, spreading yellowish-green blossoms that can measure over five inches...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Blue Lady Orchid (Thelymitra crinita), also celebrated as the Queen Orchid or Lily Orchid, is widely recognized as one of Western Australia’s most spectacular spring-blooming terrestrial flora. Unlike the vast majority of orchids whose blooms display...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Horned Orchid (Orthoceras strictum), also known as the ‘bird’s mouth orchid,’ is a distinctive and architecturally striking terrestrial species distributed across eastern and southern Australia and New Zealand. Rising stiffly on tall, upright...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Green Rock Orchid (Rimacola elliptica) is a unique and specialized lithophytic orchid endemic strictly to the dripping Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs and deep gorges of the Sydney Basin and Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Anchoring its fibrous roots into shallow,...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Frog Greenhood (Pterostylis sargentii) is a comical and distinctive terrestrial orchid endemic to the inland wheatbelt and goldfields of Western Australia. Renowned for its wide, gaping floral hood and protruding lateral sepals that resemble the squatting posture...
