It is the beginning of autumn, and that means the orchids will start appearing again. True there were a few flowering over summer, but about now we begin to see the leaves of the winter flowering species and some spring flowering orchids, and occasionally we might find a few autumn flowering species.
So today, I’m going to give you a sample of some of the orchids you could find, each month, during this coming year.
March
Corunastylis sp.
Leporella fimbriata
April
Acianthus pusillus
Urochilus sanguineus
Urochilus sanguineus
Corunastylis sp.
May
Diplodium sp.
June
Pterostylis nutans Nodding Green-hood
July
Corysanthes diemenica in 2011
Winter orchids: Linguella sp. Hills nana, Urochilus sanguineus
Nemacianthus caudatus
August
Cyrtostylis reniformis
Prasophyllum elatum
Thelymitra antennifera
September
Thelymitra rubra
October
Calochilus cupreus Bearded orchid
Calochilus platychilus
November and December
Dipodium roseum
Dipodium pardina
January and February
The moose orchid only grows in swamps in South Australia and flowers
Prasophyllum murfetii
and then it all starts over again.
For more pictures see here.
