Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Stately Helmet Orchid (Corybas diemenicus) is an exquisite miniature jewel of the southern Australian forest floor, barely rising an inch above the carpet of damp green moss. Resembling a tiny, polished dark maroon helmet nestled against a rounded cordate leaf,...
Reptiles > Scincidae & Skinks
The Alpine Bog Skink (Pseudemoia cryodroma) is a highly specialized, cold-adapted reptile endemic strictly to the windswept subalpine and alpine peat bogs of southeastern Australia’s high country. Operating in an extreme alpine realm where snow blankets the...
