Australian Native Plants - Orchids
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Acianthus fornicatus
(Pixie Caps) |
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Height
10cm - 20cm |
Acianthus fornicatus is a terrestrial orchid. The flower is greenish with red stripes along the length of the petals. The top of the flower forms a semi transparent hood giving it its common name of Pixie Caps. The flowers are about1 cm long and... Read more > |
Calochilus paludosus
(Red Beard Orchid) |
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Height
20cm - 35cm |
The Red Beard Orchid is a perennial terrestrial orchid. It produces clusters of up to nine flowers about 25mm across in spring and early summer from October to December. The labellum has purple warts (known as calli) at the base, and the centre has... Read more > |
Calochilus platychilus
(Purple Beard Orchid) |
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Height
30cm - 45cm |
The Purple Beard Orchid is a perennial terrestrial orchid. It produces clusters of greenish purple flowers. The labellum or lip has purple warts at the base, and the centre has long purple hairs. The petals are shorter than the sepals and green with... Read more > |
Calochilus robertsonii
(Purple Beard Orchid) |
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Height
30cm - 45cm |
Note: check if this is same species as Calochilus platychilus. Calochilus robertsonii is a purple flowering bearded orchid. The labellum or lip has long purple hairs and dark purple warts at the base. It produces clusters of up to ten flowers with... Read more > |
Cryptostylis erecta
(Bonnet Orchid) |
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Height
15cm - 40cm |
The Bonnet Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with prominent hood or bonnet. The labellum forms the hood and is pale with reddish maroon lines along the veins becoming more solid towards stem end. The other petals and sepals are green and very thin. The... Read more > |
Cryptostylis hunteriana
(Leafless Tongue-orchid) |
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Height
10cm - 45cm |
The Leafless Tongue-orchid as its name suggests is a leafless terrestrial orchid from eastern Australia. The plant usually produces five to ten flowers in summer from November to February. The flowers, which are held upright, have a large... Read more > |
Cryptostylis leptochila
(Small Tongue-orchid) |
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Height
60cm |
The Small Tongue-orchid is a ground orchid with small tongue shaped flower and relatively large leaf. The flower is erect and about 4 cm long. The most striking part of the flower is the maroon-coloured labellum which is tongue-shaped and covered... Read more > |
Cryptostylis subulata
(Large Tongue Orchid) |
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Height
80cm |
The Large Tongue Orchid is a ground orchid from south eastern Australia. the plant produces up to fourteen flowers. The flower has a large labellum which is green becoming red towards the tip. There are dark stripes along the inside of the labellum... Read more > |
Cyrtostylis reniformis
(Small Gnat-orchid) |
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Height
10cm - 20cm |
The Small Gnat-orchid is a small terrestrial orchid. The flowers are a reddish maroon colour and produced cluster of up to eight flowers. The dorsal sepal is narrow and erect. The lateral sepals are very thin. The labellum is about 1 cm long.... Read more > |
Dipodium elegantulum
(Elegant Hyacinth Orchid) |
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Height
50cm - 80cm |
The Elegant Hyacinth Orchid is a fairly large terrestrial orchid from northern Queensland. The flowers are produced in clusters of up to sixty flowers on a spike in spring and summer from August to December. the individual flowers are pink with some... Read more > |
Dipodium punctatum
(Hyacinth Orchid) |
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Height
0.75m |
The Hyacinth Orchid is a fairly large terrestrial orchid with stems to three quarters of a metre tall. The flowers have a superficial resemblance to a hyacinth flower, hence the common name. It produces clusters of pink flowers in summer from... Read more > |
Dipodium roseum
(Pink Hyacinth Orchid) |
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Height
30cm - 100cm |
The Pink Hyacinth Orchid is a fairly large terrestrial orchid with flowering stems growing to about a metre tall. It produces clusters of up to forty pink flowers in summer from November to March. The individual flowers are rosy pink with darker... Read more > |
Dipodium stenochilum
(Tropical Hyacinth Orchid) |
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Height
to 90cm ? |
The Tropical Hyacinth Orchid is a terrestrial orchid from the tropical north of Australia. It produces clusters of attractive flowers on a long stem. Each individual flower has white petals and white sepals with small pink spots. The labellum is... Read more > |
Drakaea glyptodon
(Hammer Orchid) |
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Height
35cm |
The Hammer Orchid is an unusual plant from Western Australia. The flower is green and yellow with a red labellum. The labellum has a narrow stalk which is hinged and can move backward towards the stigma. The plant produces pheromones which attract... Read more > |
Drakaea thynniphila
(Narrow-lipped Hammer Orchid) |
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Height
40cm |
The Narrow-lipped Hammer Orchid is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. The labellum is narrower than the closely related Hammer Orchid (Drakea glypotodon). The flower is green and yellow with a red labellum. The labellum has a narrow... Read more > |
Elythranthera brunonis
(Purple Enamel Orchid) |
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Height
15cm - 30cm |
The Purple Enamel Orchid is an attractive west Australian native orchid. It has attractive purple star shaped flowers. Some plants produce white flowers but this less common. The flowers are shiny giving it an enamelled appearance, and are about 3cm... Read more > |
Elythranthera emarginata
(Pink Enamel Orchid) |
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Height
25cm |
The Pink Enamel Orchid is a glossy pink orchid from Western Australia. It has pink star shaped flowers with similar sized petals and sepals. The flowers are shiny giving it an enamelled appearance, and are about 4cm across. Flowering is in spring... Read more > |
Eriochilus cucullatus
(Parson's Bands) |
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Height
10cm - 25cm |
Parson's Bands is a terrestrial orchid from eastern Australia. The flowers are white or sometimes pink with two large lateral sepals which grow downwards. The labellum is greenish or cream coloured. The flowers are about 2 cm across and are produced... Read more > |
Eriochilus dilatatus
(Crinkle-leaf Bunny Orchid) |
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Height
10cm - 25cm |
The Crinkle-leaf Bunny Orchid is a common name for Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus. The small flowers are mainly white with large lateral sepals and are produced on a slender green stem, with up to three flowers per stem. The labellum is... Read more > |
Gastrodia sesamoides
(Potato Orchid) |
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Height
20cm - 75cm |
The Potato Orchid is a leafless saprophytic orchid. The flowers are bell shaped with the labellum or lip enclosed by the rest of the flower with the sepals and petals joined together forming a tube . The flowers are light brown or cinnamon coloured... Read more > |
Glossodia major
(Waxlip Orchid) |
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Height
30cm |
The Waxlip Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with star shaped flowers. The flowers are mauve or purple with same sized oval sepals and petals that taper at the tips. The centre of the flower is white. Some plants produce all white flowers, although... Read more > |
Glossodia minor
(Small Waxlip Orchid) |
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Height
5cm - 15cm |
The Small Waxlip Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with star shaped purple or violet or pink flowers. In rare cases, white flowers are produced. It is similar to Glossodia major, but smaller and does not have white centre. The sepals and petals that... Read more > |
Leporella fimbriata
(Fringed Hare Orchid) |
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Height
10cm - 25cm |
The Fringed Hare Orchid is an unusual terrestrial orchid. The lateral petals are green with reddish markings and stick up like rabbit (or hare) ears, and the lateral sepals point downwards. The labellum is fairly broad and fan shaped, green at the... Read more > |
Leptoceras menziesii
(Hare Orchid) |
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Height
5cm - 30cm |
The Hare Orchid is an attractive small orchid with unusual petals like rabbit ears and is the only member of the Leptoceras genus. The small flowers are white with long narrow red lateral petals that project upwards. The lateral sepals are white,... Read more > |
Microtis unifolia
(Common Onion Orchid) |
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Height
50cm - 70cm |
The Common Onion Orchid or Common Leek Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with fairly thick green stem. The flowers are produced in long clusters of very small green or greenish yellow flowers which emerge from the leaf "sheath". The individual flowers... Read more > |
