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Acianthus pusillus (Small Mosquito Orchid)
Slender, erect herb, 5-18cm high, with a single, heart-shaped leaf; leaf 15-30mm x 12-25mm. Leaf held up to 3cm above the ground. Single terminal raceme of 1-20 greenish-red flowers with red veins and spots. Flowers appear from April to August.
Caladenia carnea (Pink Fingers)
Erect hairy, herb-like orchid with wiry stem, 8-25cm high, with a single narrow linear leaf. Pink flowers (1 to 3) appear from September to December. Flowers can often be white or a very pale pink.
Found in open, grassy areas with well-drained soils.
Caladenia gracilis (Musky Caladenia)
Perennial orchid with single, grass-like leaf; up to 16-40cm high. Dies down in hot weather. Flowers usually in pairs, one above the other. Grows in well-drained, grassy areas. Tuber eaten by Aborigines.
Caladenia oenochila (Wine-lipped Spider-orchid)
Hairy erect herb with wiry stem. Single linear-lanceolate leaf to 15cm long. From 1-3 sweetly scented flowers to 80mm across. Flowering occurs from August to October.
Found in damp and valley sclerophyll forests.
Caladenia phaeoclavia (Brown-clubbed Spider-orchid)
Small hairy plant with green or reddish stem, 10-25cm tall. Single hairy leaf with red spots near the base.
Single green flower with a red stripe down each lateral petal and sepal. Dorsal and lateral sepal tails end in brownish clubs. Petals not clubbed. Labellum 3-lobed, lateral lobes with curved teeth, dark maroon tip, central calli crowded in 4 rows. Column base has 2 yellow glands. Flowers appear September to November.
Caladenia pusilla (Tiny Caladenia)
Tiny herb 5-10cm high. Deep pink flowers appear from September to November.
Calochilus robertsonii (Common Beard-orchid)
Hairless erect herb to 45cm high. Single fleshy, ribbed dark green leaf to 40cm long. Flowers (1-9) are large, up to 30mm across, appear from August to October.
Chiloglottis valida (Common Bird-orchid)
This common orchid produces a stem up to 40mm high. There are 2 variants, a lighter greenish-brown and a darker reddish-brown variety. The lighter variant appears to flower earlier than the darker. Flowering occurs from September to December, depending on location.
This orchid is widespread on sparsely grassed forest floor and clearings.
Dipodium roseum (Rosy Hyacinth Orchid)
Erect, leafless herb-like orchid with reddish-purple stem 0.3-0.9m tall. Between 6 to 50 pale pink to dark pink flowers appear from December to April. The flower petals also show variable purple markings and spots.
This orchid is saprophytic, which means it derives its food from dead or decaying matter.
Appears all over the slopes of Chandlers Hill in summer.
Diuris orientis (Wallflower Orchid)
Slender erect orchid 10-50cm tall. Flowers (1-8) are yellow, brownish-red or purplish and may reach 40mm in width. Flowering occurs from September to November.
Flowers are variable, with pure yellow forms occurring, too.
Diuris pardina (Leopard Orchid)
Small erect orchid reaching 20-30cm in height. There are 2-6 flowers, which are up to 30mm across. Flowering occurs from September to November.
The flowers are usually smaller than those of Diuris sulphurea (Tiger Orchid) and occurs earlier.
Diuris sulphurea (Tiger Orchid)
Erect orchid with stem reaching 40cm in height. From 2-7 yellow flowers with brown markings, reaching 30mm in width. Flowering occurs from November to December, usually after the other Diuris species have started flowering.
Gastrodia sesamoides (Cinnamon Bells)
Leafless, erect saprophytic herb with fleshy brown stems, 30-50cm tall, tip nodding before flowering. Terminal cluster of up to 25 tubular flowers to 20mm long; petals are grey-brown on the outside and creamy white on the inside and tips.
Flowering occurs from October to December.
Glossodia major (Wax-lip Orchid)
Erect, slender hairy orchid up to 30cm tall. Single hairy dark green leaf to 100mm long. Flower is large and mauve to purple, appearing from September to November.
Plants are usually more abundant after a fire.
Leptoceras menziesii (Hare Orchid)
Slender erect orchid with smooth stem, 5-25cm high. Bright green leaf. One to three pink and white flowers to 15mm wide. Flowering occurs from September to November.
Lyperanthus suaveolens (Brown Beaks)
This erect orchid has a stem which is up to 45cm high. Produces from 2 to 8 yellowish-brown flowers, each up to 30cm across. Flowers appear from August to November.
Microtis unifolia (Common Onion Orchid)
This orchid has a single erect stem 15 to 50cm high, which grows out of a hollow leaf sheath. A spike of 5 to 50 well-spaced greenish flowers, appear from October to January.
Prasophyllum sp. aff. odoratum G (Scented or Ranges Leek-orchid)
Stem to 60cm in height, slender leaf to 70cm long. A spike of 10-25 green, white and maroon flowers appear from October to November. Flowers are arranged along the stem ‘upside down’.
Pterostylis alpina (Mountain Greenhood)
Stout orchid with fleshy stem to 30cm high. There are from 3 to 5 sessile, dark green, fleshy leaves scattered up the stem. Usually a single greenish white flower to 30mm long appears from August to October.
Can form large colonies when the conditions are ideal.
Pterostylis melagramma (Tall Greenhood)
An orchid with a variably sized stem to 30cm high. Raceme of 3-12 green and white flowers, up to 15mm long, widely spaced along the stem. Flowers appear from June to October.
Pterostylis nutans (Nodding Greenhood)
Perennial orchid rising from tubers to form colonies. Plant is 10-30cm high. Tuber eaten by Aborigines.
Thelymitra juncifolia (Rush-leaf Sun-orchid)
To 45cm tall. Fleshy linear leaf to 20cm long and 8mm wide. Petals and sepals of perianth tipped with small point. Mid-lobe of column crowned with yellow calli and erect, yellow, toothed accessory lobes. Column arms extended horizontally, tipped with bushy white hairs.
Thelymitra media (Tall Sun-orchid)
Robust or slender stem to 90cm high. Thick lanceolate leaf to 30cm long. Dense spike of 5-25 blue flowers to 30mm across. White column with prominent black band; post-anther lobe not hooded, with short, yellow calli at the back; accessory lobes short, erect, blunt or tipped with minute teeth. Flowering occurs from October to January.
Thelymitra nuda (Scented Sun-orchid)
An erect plant to 80cm high. Leaves are long and narrow. Blue, scented flowers will open only in full sun.
Thelymitra pauciflora (Slender Sun-orchid)
Small slender plant 15-50cm tall, stem ofen tinged reddish, 1-2 closely sheathing bracts. Single erect leaf, 10-20cm x 3-6mm, often reddish at the base. Up to 3 small, 15-20mm blue flowers appear in October to November.
Column pale blue to white; post-anther lobe hooded, shading from blue to brown, yellow tip entire or notched. Lateral column arms bent upwards, fringed with white hairs.
Thelymitra rubra (Salmon Sun-orchid)
A small plant with a single leaf, 2-3 closely sheathing bracts on the reddish, slender stem; 15-40cm tall. Deeply channelled leaf 10-20cm x 1-4mm.
One to four salmon pink flowers, up to 25mm across, are usually self-pollinated. Sepal tips pointed, column pink with red collar, post-anther lobe yellow-orange and not hooded. Column lateral arms are yellow and irregularly fringed with slender to warty teeth. Flowers appear from October to November.
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