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 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...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Elbow Orchid (Spiculaea ciliata) is one of the most remarkable extremophiles in the orchid family, specifically adapted to thrive on blistering granite outcrops in southwest Western Australia. Unlike almost all other southern Australian terrestrial orchids that...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Common Dragon Orchid (Caladenia barbarossa) is an extraordinary terrestrial orchid endemic to southwest Western Australia, famous for its bizarre floral architecture that mimics a ferocious little mythical dragon or bristly insect. Featuring sweeping greenish...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Purple Enamel Orchid (Elythranthera brunonis) is celebrated across southwestern Australia for bearing some of the most extraordinarily glossy blossoms in the botanical world. The floral segments appear as if meticulously glazed in polished purple ceramic or...
