Australian native terrestrial orchids

[SteveC2]

This little, and I mean little as it's 3cm from top to bottem, is Chiloglottis pescottiana, the bronzey bird orchid.  It's a stubborn creature, refusing to budge from Australian time, so it flowers in the middle of our summer, which maybe isn't that different to an Aussie winter?  The bird appears to have an ant hitching a ride.
I think that it scores A+ for weird and F- for ease of photgraphing, it's just so 3 dimensional.

[Neil]

F- for ease of photgraphing, it's just so 3 dimensional.

Or should that be F-for spelling!

Its a nice looking flower.

[Tony Willis]

A pterostylis sp. received from Darren. very vigorous and multiplies easily

[Darren]

Not for me it doesn't Tony 

Nice to see it doing so well for you though.

I'm glad I passed some of my (once massive) stock on to friends before I somehow lost the ability to grow the thing!

It's what used to be called Pterostylis coccinea and is now a Diplodium unless those Aussie botanists have been tinkering again since I last looked.

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

I haven't been into the Orchid section in ages.... so much to catch up on.    I'll never catch up on it all, but I'll try for a few of them at least. 

I thought I would resurrect this topic though to post some of the things that are starting to flower here for me at present.  This is the first of the Donkey Orchids, Diuris maculata.  A general shot, a group, and a closeup for detail.  Lots of other species have buds emerging at the moment.

Click on the pics for a larger version!

[Maggi Young]

  This is the first of the Donkey Orchids, Diuris maculata.  A general shot, a group, and a closeup for detail. 

Gold and chocolate- what a great colour combination!

[fredg]

Drrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooool 

[Paul T]

Fred,

Is that for the flowers, or the thought of gold and chocolate together? 

[Hillview croconut]

Wow Paul! Does this species grow around Canberra?

Makes me want to get out and check a few sites around Hobart. Some of the Donkey orchids should be making a show soon.

Fabulous pictures, cheers, Marcus

[goofy]

hey, have some pots of Pterostylis and Diplodium.

the first to bloom this year with only 2 flowers from 15 tubers

Diplodium coccinum



enjoy

[Paul T]

Goofy,

That's Diplodium coccinum, not Diplomeris coccina.  The former genus is I think Japanese, and has flat white flowers from my (vague) memory?  I thought I should mention this to avoid future confusion if anyone was searching on the name for example.

[goofy]

tks Paul,
you are right, my mistake.
just corrected...............

was a liitle bit confused. too early this morning     

[Maren]

It's lovely to see pictures of orchids from "down under".  Keeps us in touch and cheers us up when everything here is drawing in for the winter rest. Thank you all.

[fredg]

Fred,

Is that for the flowers, or the thought of gold and chocolate together? 

Gold and chocolate are easy to get hold of, those flowers are not.
Is this revenge for the Utricularia?

[Tony Willis]

Pterostylis / Diplodium coccinea now in flower.  Much reduced in number this year as I have given away/swapped most of the pot.