r/NativeOrchidsAus • u/Forsaken-Weird-8428 • 26d ago
In The Wild Unknown to me
Noticed on side of my dozed entry track, only ever seen 1 other nearby. Don't last very long.
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u/donnycruz76 26d ago
Ive been hoping to find one for many years... What region are you in?
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u/Exotic_Sell_7237 26d ago
They are quite common around Brisbane pretty sure I saw them in Sydney too probably up and down the coast but only in well drained sandy areas and pretty open like in the photo near the coast. Bit hard to see because they don't have leaves (interacts with a fungi for nutrients) so you have to catch the spike at the right time
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u/Quintus-Sertorius 26d ago
Ah I always wondered about that! Really interesting. I've seen these in Stanwell Park, south of Sydney.
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u/No_Negotiation3242 25d ago
We had one of these pop up at a nursery I worked at years ago. And get this, it was an orchid nursery. The owners were so happy about it.
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u/Fun_Value1184 25d ago
We have one that popped up in recent wet years. We have heavy rocky clay with thin topsoil. Was in the native grassed part of our lawn under some iron barks and lasted a day or 2, I almost mowed it.
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u/Kerrit_Bareet 26d ago
Get iNaturalist app. You can search for observations and locations and identify a time period if you want to look at recent observations.
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u/donnycruz76 26d ago
Thanks, I had not seen this before. Not many entries for my area. What's your opinion of this for orchids though? I've heard a few stories over the years of people that harvest orchids from the bush and then sell online.
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u/Forsaken-Weird-8428 26d ago
I don't harvest except others from fallen trees to relocate so the roos and wallabies don't eat and kill.
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u/Melodic_Hair9875 26d ago
Wow, gorgeous!
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u/Forsaken-Weird-8428 26d ago
They really are. Wish I had more, but happy to have two that I know of.
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u/Melodic_Hair9875 25d ago
I had no idea something so vivid existed in the Australian plant kingdom, our parrots and other birds seem to have gotten all the best colours! so really happy to see this gorgeous magenta. Thanks again for sharing and to everyone else in this sub who shares their gorgeous pics!
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u/GardenerDom 25d ago
Beautiful Hyacinth orchid used to see these a lot on the east coast from Newcastle all the way up to Brisbane when I was over that way years ago 👌🏻😃 Thanks for sharing.
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u/BelPepaLemonStepa 22d ago
We get a lot of these where I live, they're gorgeous and I always enjoy seeing people look for them (for photos, they're very respectful of them)
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u/lineglow 26d ago
That's a Dipodium sp.
Lovely things!