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Finding Orchids in Narrogin District

PictureCowslip/Little Pink Fairy Orchid Hybrid North Yilliminning Nature Reserve
The aim of this page is to help visitors to find and photograph (NOT pick) the most accessable and attractive orchids in this district.
An interesting but often frustrating feature is that they often occur in scattered spots, or even just one plant. I attribute this to their association with mycorrhizal fungi. Some orchids will only pair with one species of fungus. Each orchid produces hundreds of minute seeds, which need to germinate in a suitable spot then very quickly, find a suitable fungus  to survive. Orchid distribution is often scattered because the chances of both occurring are very low. For this reason, it is extremely difficult to rear our orchids from seed or by transplanting.

 

Caladenia barbarossa Dragon Orchid

Late Sept/early Oct

Foxes Lair September or October  wildflower guide

Caladenia chapmanii Chapman’s Spider Orchid

Sept

Yilliminning Rock.

Caladenia dimidia Chameleon Spider Orchid

Late Aug/Sept

Harrismith reserve, Old Toolibin school site

Caladenia discoidea Dancing Spider Orchid

Sept

Newman Block, Toolibin roadside along Wickepin Harrismith Rd

Caladenia doutchiae Purple Veined Spider Orchid

Toolibin roadside along Wickepin Harrismith Rd

Caladenia falcata Green Spider Orchid

Late Sept/early Oct

Yilliminning Rock., Highbury Nature reserve

Caladenia filifera Blood Spider Orchid

Sept

Malyalling Rock

Caladenia flava subsp flava/Cowslip Orchid and subsp late red/ Brookton Highway Cowslip Orchid

Common.

Caladenia flava x Caladenia reptans hybrid

North Yilliminning nature reserve

Caladenia hirta subsp hirta Candy Orchid

Caladenia hirta subsp rosea Pink Candy Orchid

Sept

Old Toolibin school site

Caladenia integra Smooth Lipped Spider Orchid

Mid -late October

Yilliminning Rock.

Caladenia longicauda subsp. eminens/Stark White Spider Orchid Sept

Highbury Nature reserve, See Foxes Lair September guide, Borgey Block

Caladenia longiclavata Clubbed Spider Orchid

Aug/Sept

See Foxes Lair August or September guide

Caladenia polychroma Joseph’s Spider Orchid

Newman Block

Caladenia reptans subsp reptans Little Pink Fairy Orchid

Common.

Caladenia roei Clown orchid

Sept

Few, Malyalling rock Toolibin roadside along Wickepin Harrismith Rd

Caladenia uliginosa Darting Spider Orchid

Sept

Borgey Block

Caladenia xantha Primrose Spider Orchid

Aug/Sept

See Foxes Lair August or September guide

Cyanicula deformis/Blue Fairy Orchid

Early-mid Sept

See Foxes Lair August or September guide

Cyanicula gemmata/Blue China Orchid

Mid-late Sept

Highbury nature reserve

Cyanicula sericea/Silky Blue orchid

Early-mid Sept

Borgey Block

Diuris brachyscapa Western Wheatbelt Donkey Orchid

Common.

Diuris laxiflora/Bee Orchid

Mid- late Oct

Borgey Block

Diuris longifolia/Purple Pansy Orchid

 

Dryandra Highbury-Forestry Road (few)

Elythranthera  emarginata/Pink Enamel Orchid

Mid Oct

Borgey Block

Elythranthera brunonis/Purple Enamel Orchid

Early Oct

Borgey Block Dryandra Highbury Telstra tower

Ericksonella saccharata Sugar Orchid

Aug/Sept

Common. Yilliminning Rock. See Foxes Lair August or September guide

Eriochilus dilatatus/ Common Bunny Orchid April

See Foxes Lair April guide

Leporella fimbriata/Hare Orchid

Late April-July

Highbury Nature Reserve

Lyperanthus serratus/Rattle Beaks

Oct_early Nov.

See Foxes Lair October or November guide

Pterostylis concava/Cupped Banded Greenhood

Aug-Sept

See Foxes Lair August or September guide

Pterostylis hamiltonii/Red-veined Shell Orchid

August

See Foxes Lair August guide, Yilliminning Rock.

Pterostylis picta/ Painted Rufous Greenhood

Late Oct-Nov.

Dryandra national Park, Yornaning Dam

Pterostylis recurva/Jug Orchid

Sept

See Foxes Lair September or October  guide

Pterostylis sanguinea/Dark Banded Greenhood

Aug-Sept

See Foxes Lair August or September guide common

Pterostylis sargentii/Frog Greenhood

Sept-Oct

See Foxes Lair September or October guide

Pterostylis setulosa Hairy-stemmed Snail orchid

Aug-Sept

Very Common. See Foxes Lair August or September guide, Yilliminning Rock., Highbury.

Pterostylis barbata /Bird Orchid

Sept

Newman Block

Thelymitra antennifera/Lemon-scented Sun Orchid Sept

Yilliminning Rock.. Common in hollows on granite rocks in the district

Thelymitra benthamiana/Leopard Orchid

Late Oct-Nov.

See Foxes Lair October or November guide

Thelymitra latiloba/Wandoo Sun Orchid

Oct

Dryandra National Park wandoo woodland on sides of the tracks.

Thelymitra macrophylla/Scented Sun Orchid

Late Sept-early Oct

See Foxes Lair September or October guide

Thelymitra villosa/Custard Orchid

October

Yornaning Dam

 

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