Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Pouched Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum cyphochilum) is an attractive and sweetly scented terrestrial orchid native to the extensive sandy kwongan heaths and open mallee woodlands of south-western Australia. Producing a tall, dense cylindrical spike of upside-down,...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Shy Sun Orchid (Thelymitra graminea) is a graceful and vivid sun orchid native to the seasonally inundated claypans, swamp edges, and mossy granite seeps of south-western Australia. Famed for its brilliant azure-blue star flowers that open only on warm, sunny...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Salt Lake Spider Orchid (Caladenia exilis) is an ethereal and hardy terrestrial orchid exquisitely adapted to survive in the salt-fringed woodlands and tea-tree thickets bordering Western Australia’s ancient inland paleodrainage systems. Bearing delicate,...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Granite Duck Orchid (Paracaleana granitica) is a rare and botanically fascinating terrestrial orchid endemic strictly to the moss-cushioned aprons of massive granite outcrops in Western Australia. Featuring an inverted flower whose labellum astonishingly mimics...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Terrestrial Orchids
The Lost Hammer Orchid (Drakaea andrewsii) is an extraordinary and rare terrestrial orchid endemic to the banksia woodlands and sandy ridges of the Darling Scarp near Perth, Western Australia. Belonging to the specialized genus Drakaea, this remarkable plant features...
