Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Large Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis subulata), known colloquially as the Duck Orchid or Cowfish Orchid, is an evergreen terrestrial species celebrated throughout eastern Australia for its colossal, protruding, tongue-like labellum. Unlike most southern Australian...
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 Eastern Wallflower Donkey Orchid (Diuris orientis) is an exuberant and widespread spring-flowering terrestrial orchid celebrated across southeastern Australia. Sporting two erect, ear-like lateral petals that give the genus its colloquial name ‘donkey...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Blunt Greenhood (Pterostylis curta) is a charismatic and widespread terrestrial orchid forming expansive, lush colonies across the damp forest floors of southeastern Australia. Easily identified by its solitary, translucent green and white hooded flower and...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) is widely celebrated as one of the most radiant wildflowers in the Southern Hemisphere, noted for producing blossoms of an intense, luminous azure sky-blue rarely seen in terrestrial orchids. Unlike conventional orchids...
