Featured Images - The Beauty Of Orchids - January - March 2024

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Beautiful white moth orchid in lush greenery

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This is a primary hybrid cross of 2 Paphiopedilum species, rothschildianum X the relatively newly discovered malipoense, named Paphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz.

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An unknown butterscotch Cymbidium with rust colored dots on the lip

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Dendrobium speciosum 'Golden Comet'

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Pheladenia deformis, commonly known as blue fairy orchid or blue beard is the only species of the flowering plant genus Pheladenia in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It was originally named as Caladenia deformis and has since had several name changes.

Tuberous, clump-forming perennial, herb, to 0.15 m high. Fl. blue-violet, May to Sep. Grey, yellow or red sand, sandy loam, gravel, granite, laterite. Outcrops, swamp margins, winter-wet sites.

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Caladenia postea, commonly known as the dark-tipped spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and up to three small, pale creamy-white flowers. It has a relatively late flowering period compared to similar spider orchids.

Rogers Reserve, Wongan Hills, Western Australia, spring

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Zygopetalum unk

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Phragmipedium Andean Fire is a successively flowered primary hybrid of 2 species, (besseae x lindleyanum)

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Caladenia roei is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is also known as the common clown or-chid, clown orchid, ant orchid, man orchid and jack-in-the-box. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and up to three greenish-yellow and red flowers with a relatively broad labellum. It is a common orchid through-out the south-west and is especially common on granite outcrops.

Caladenia roei is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf,

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Cymbidium Midnight Gold

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Cymbidium unk

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Lyperanthus serratusLyperanthus serratus is an Australian native orchid, found flowering in spring.

Lyperanthus serratus, commonly called rattle beaks, is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It derives its name from the fact that the flowers rattle if gently shaken.

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Phragmipedium Lein'ala (Conchiferum 'Kay' x Incan Treasure)

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Pterostylis sanguinea – dark banded greenhood. A common banded greenhood 50-400mm high with three to 12 stem leaves. Flowers – up to 10 fleshy dark reddish-brown to green white banded flowers 12-18mm across with a united dorsal sepal and petals forming a hood over the column. Short broad lateral sepals are joined at the base and a small insect like labellum which flicks when touched. Found extensively in Western Australia in spring

Found spring 2019 in Don Shepherd Reserve, Karnup, Western Australia

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Phragmipedium QF Malia , (QF Naukana Kealoha x Nicholle Tower)

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Pterostylis barbataPterostylis barbata, or Bird Orchid is a native Western Australian Orchid, found in the lower south west of the state in woodland and forest. It grows 200-350 mm high and is not easily found in the woodland undergrowth

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Phragmipedium Andean Fire is a successively flowered primary hybrid of 2 species, (besseae x lindleyanum),

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Caladenia discoidea
Caladenia discoidea or Dancing spider orchid, is an Australian native orchid, to be flowering in spring in south-west Western Australia.

It is a distinctive spider orchid 100-450mm high with a single, erect, hairy leaf 80-180mm long. It can have up to 4 pale green and red flowers 20-30mm across with short, horizontally spreading petals and lateral sepals and a pale green and red, rounded labellum with long, fine fringe segments and four or more dark purplish-black calli

Photo was taken in Kwinana Walk Loop, Kwinana in Western Australia, spring 2019

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Caladenia macrostylis, commonly known as the leaping spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three distinctive pale greenish-yellow and red flowers with a cluster of deep purplish calli in the centre of its labellum. Caladenia macrostylis is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an under-ground tuber

Spider Orchids
Pair of spider orchids found in the Wireless Hill Nature Reserve in Western Australia. Spider Orchids are of the family Caladenia and are endemic to Australia.

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Dracula polyphemus

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Brassavola Aristocrat, (Brassavola glauca X Brassavola digbyana),

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Australia's Native Orchid Small Dendrobium

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Blue Fairy Orchids
Pheladenia deformis, commonly known as blue fairy orchid or blue beard is the only species of the flowering plant genus Pheladenia in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It was originally named as Caladenia deformis and has since had several name changes.

Tuberous, clump-forming perennial, herb, to 0.15 m high. Fl. blue-violet, May to Sep. Grey, yellow or red sand, sandy loam, gravel, granite, laterite. Outcrops, swamp margins, winter-wet sites.

This orchid has had a confusing history. Originally classified as Caladenia deformis, it was then placed into the then new genus Cyanicula with a number of other orchids that were also originally in Caladenia. Recently, new research including DNA work has resulted in this orchid being placed in a genus of its own. It is very common and widespread across the south west. One of its favoured habitats is on and around granite outcrops.

Found in Beverley, Western Australia in Spring

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