Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Dark Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum triangulare) is a distinctive and common terrestrial orchid native to southwestern Australia. Characterized by a dense, elongated spike of upside-down, deep purplish-black to chocolate-brown flowers, this fragrant species is a...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Purdie’s Donkey Orchid (Diuris purdiei) is a rare, fire-dependent terrestrial orchid endemic to the rapidly urbanizing Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia. Featuring delicate pale yellow flowers etched with fine purple-brown veins, this threatened orchid is...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Tall Donkey Orchid (Diuris drummondii) is a towering, magnificent terrestrial orchid endemic to southwest Western Australia. Standing up to a meter in height, it is the tallest member of the donkey orchid genus *Diuris*. Inhabiting deep winter-wet peat swamps and...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Star Sun Orchid (Thelymitra stellata) is a captivating, endangered terrestrial orchid endemic to the ironstone ridges and gravel plateaus of southwestern Australia. Distinct among sun orchids for its unusual bronze, copper, and golden-orange starry flowers, it is...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
Dedman’s Sun Orchid (Thelymitra dedmaniarum) is an extraordinarily rare and beautiful terrestrial orchid strictly endemic to the granite monadnocks of Western Australia’s Darling Scarp. Renowned for its large, intensely fragrant blossoms that open wide...
