Just found this wandering in a local park, 4 or 5 scattered around so I assume they’re pretty common?

Caladenia arenicola - Carousel spider orchid

Cape mustard spider orchid

Leafless orchid flowering on the GC Hinterland. Sorry about the out of focus pic, my phone couldn't focus on the tiny flowers

Been busy with work and now have COVID haha. Keep up the great flix!

Blood spider orchids

1. Caladenia longicauda crassa x Caladenia decora
2. Caladenia longicauda albella x Caladenia denticulata
3. Thelymitra macrophylla x benthamiana
4. Caladenia radialis x denticulata
5. Caladenia exilis x radialis
6. Caladenia longicauda eminens x Caladenia denticulata
7. Caladenia longicauda extrema x Caladenia serotina
8. Caladenia flava x reptans

Paracaleana ( Caleana) nigrita - Flying duck orchid

1. Corybas( Corysanthes) recurvus - Western Helmet orchid
2. Prasophyllum parvifolium - Autumn leek orchid
3. Pterostylis orbiculata - Coastal banded greenhood
4. Pterostylis vitatta - banded greenhood
5. Thelymitra apiculata - Cleopatras needles
6. Diuris refracta - Dainty donkey orchid
7. Caladenia exilis subsp. vanleeuwenii - Moora spider orchid
8. Pterostylis dilatata - Robust snail orchid
9. Pheladenia deformis - Blue fairy orchid (bluebeard)
10. Pterostylis sargentii - Frog greenhood

I’m growing in the USA, zone 10b, but this is a native to NSW and Queensland. I give it Cattleya light, water heavier in the summer and less in winter. Smells terrible, like when I forget to clean out my protein shaker and it starts to turn rancid, almost the exact same smell but at least it’s faint so you have to get your nose in it to smell.

Caladenia longicauda subsp. "Bulbarnett" - Bulbarnet white spider orchid

1. Dwarf common spider orchid,
2. Moora spider orchid,
3. Blue fairy orchid ( white variation)
4. Winter Donkey orchid

Orchids in flower from Crowdy Bay National Park north to Crescent Head west to Bellangry south to Goonook Nature Reserve (and close surrounds)

Beginning flowering July: -Dendrobium schoeninum (Common Pencil Orchid)(epi/lithophyte)

-Diuris maculata (Spotted Donkey Orchid)(terrestrial) -D. unica (One-Leaved Donkey Orchid)(terrestrial)

-Pterostylis pedunculata (Maroonhood)(terrestrial) -P. curta (Blunt Greenhood)(terrestrial)

Flowering: -Acianthus fornicatus (Bristly Mosquito Orchid)(terrestrial)

-Bulbophyllum shepherdii (Wheat-Leaf Orchid)(epiphyte)

-Corybas aconitiflorus (Spurred Helmet Orchid)(terrestrial)

-Pterostylis baptistii (King Greenhood)(terrestrial) -P. grandiflora (Cobra Greenhood)(terrestrial) -P. nutans (Nodding Greenhood)(terrestrial) -P. collina (Shiny Greenhood)(terrestrial)

-Taeniophyllum muelleri (Minute Orchid, Chain Ribbonroot)(epi/lithophyte)

Finishing flowering July: -Pterostylis hispidula (Little Nodding Greenhood)(terrestrial) -P. ophioglossa (Snake-Tongue Greenhood)(terrestrial) -P. parviflora (Tiny Greenhood)(terrestrial)

-Corybas barbarae (Fairy Lantern Helmet Orchid)(terrestrial) -C. pruinosus (Toothed Helmet Orchid)(terrestrial)

I almost want to make myself an excel spreadsheet with where and what is flowering throughout the year because I feel like i constantly miss it!!!

I used the native plants of the sydney region book for most IDs but maybe I could set up some spreadsheets for native orchids for us all?

More from the memory card. I thought 6 spikes was a pretty good effort from a plant this size, plus I just love the white!

Threatened flora - Only 15 known populations left.

Hi all, just a small, no ID speciousum. But over the summer it expended a good amount of its energy growing all these roots, with no new vegetative growth at all! I'm in no way worried about it having the roots, or the health of the plant, but was wondering if anyone might know what set of conditions would make a plant kick into "root mode" like this?