Aussie Native Orchids

[bench72]

to complement the thread Aussie Native Flora, here are a couple of Orchids that were spotted in the bush. One thing which I am unable to share is the amazing fragrance that permeated the air around the park because there were so many Dendrobium orchids in bloom!!!

1. Dendrobium kingianum
a. plant -

b. flowers -

2. Dendrobium speciosum
a. inflorescence -

b. flower close-up -

3. Pterosytlis sp. (aff. curta)
a. plants -

b. flowers (and seed pod) -

4. Pterostylis sp. (aff. baptistii)

and finally...

5. Pterostylis sp.

hope you enjoy getting to know a few of the locals

cheers
tim

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Excellent! Thanks for posting. :clap:

 

[Shadow]

Wonderful photos! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Corbin]

Love to see native plants.

 

[NYEric]

Thanx. Those are in a botanical garden right?

 

[SlipperFan]

Looks like a great place to visit.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Thanx. Those are in a botanical garden right?

That was my question!

Thanks for the shots. Pterostylis BTW are quite easy in cultivation if you can source any.

 

[bench72]

Those are in a botanical garden right?

hmm... not quite, it's hard to describe the set-up... it's basically a park which is owned and looked after by a local council (ie small local government). It is free to go into this park and it isn't very big, but they have planned it in such a way that the path winds through the land so that you could be only 50 meters from where you started but it's a whole different environment.

glad, y'all are finding this little bit of Oz interesting

 

[Kevin]

Thanks for the pics! I personally like the Pterostylis the best.

 

[JeanLux]

very, very nice picts!!! I just like to see these dendros flowering so extensively Jean

 

[NYEric]

OK, better question. Those were planted there by human hands, right!?

 

[bench72]

Hi Eric, yes, this is a naturalised wo/man-made planting. Many of the Pterostylis though have gone really wild and they are all over the place... they seem to seed quite a bit... there were quite a number of seedpods maturing.. and it looks like they are spreading to other places where they weren't initially placed... bunch of weeds

 

[Kevin]

... bunch of weeds

Weeds aren't included under CITES, right? Bring some over this way!

 

[NYEric]

Kevin, I think they enforce CITES very diff in Canada than here so go for it!

 

[biothanasis]

Very nice pics and plants!

 

[Kevin]

Kevin, I think they enforce CITES very diff in Canada than here so go for it!

Yes, but not quite that differently, unfortunately.

 

[kentuckiense]

The Pterostylis are awesome.

 

[Bolero]

That's a high quality speciosum, nice one!

Love the other photos too.

 

[toddybear]

Thanks for sharing..nice to see kingianum in the wild...the flowers on mine are identical to the ones you photographed. Quite the stand of Pterostylis!