Orchidaceae

Chrismas spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Chrismas spider orchid a late flowering orchid, caladenia serotina found over a wide area of the south west of WA.

Christines Spider Orchid

Cleopatra's Needles

Grows to 35cm in height. Early Flowering

Club-lipped spider orchid.

photo by Graeme W. The Club-lipped spider orchid, Caladenia corynephora, found in isolated pockets over the south west of WA

Clubbed Spider Orchid

Growing up to 400 mm high. Two greenish/yellow white red flowers. Fawnish-yellow clubbed petals and sepals. Fairly long fringe segments.

Coastal spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. One of the rarer orchids . This is the coastal spider orchid, Caladenia abbreviata. It flowers in November and is found in isolated pockets near Augusta.

Coastal Spider Orchid

Late flowering Spider Orchid Grows to 200 - 300mm Spreading Petals and lateral sepals Declared Priority Flora in WA Coastal Habitation

Common Leafy Greenhood Orchid

Terrestrial orchid. Green labellum with black central stripe. Locally common in moist forests.

Common mignonette orchid

photo by Graeme W.

Common spider orchid

The common white spider orchid, is probably the most misidentified orchid in WA. While common, it has different forms in different areas making for a difficult identification.

Cossack Spider Orchid

One of the listed rare species

Cowslip Orchid

Flowers about 2cm across. Petals with bright orange/red spots. One or two furry leaves. Often flowering in colonies.

Cowslip Orchid Hybrid

Very common throughout WA. This is a hybrid type. Grows in dense colonies and is a hybrid between cowslip (C flava) and pink fairies (C. latifolia).

Crimson Spider Orchid

Custard Orchid

A yellow sun orchid

Dancing Spider Orchid

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.09-0.45 m high, horizontally arranged flowers. Grows in grey, brown or black sand, granitic loam. Sandy Banksia woodland, mallee woodland on margins of salt lakes.

Dark Banded Greenhood

Common Banded Greenhood Flowers have fleshy appearance Broad flattened sepal Distinctive reddish hood

Dense Mignonette Orchid

Widespread in Lower South West of WA. Grows 20-50cm Can have up to 150 flowers in the cone shaped flower spike

Diuris picta

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.35 m high. Fl. cream & white & purple/yellow & brown & purple, Sep to Oct. Sand, loam. Wet seepages, run-off areas around granite outcrops.

Donkey Orchid

Donkey Orchid

Dragon Orchid

A small terrestrial orchid, growing to about 25cm high. Petals and sepals are green with a maroon stripe. Labellum covered with maroon hairs.

Dunsborough Donkey Orchid

Grows to 150mm - 550mm in height. Narrow coastal distribution.

Dunsborough spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Dunsborough spider orchid, Caladenia viridescens ,a very rare orchid with perhaps 20 plants left at best, found in the Dunsborough area.