I am ashamed to say I lived in Western Australia for 10 years before I opened my eyes to orchids during 2021. Now I can’t stop looking. To have a look yourself, click on the first photo in each gallery and scroll on through (if you are on a ‘phone, turn it landscape) …
Leeks and the like
Little laughing leek @ Gathercole Reserve
A mignonette on a busy intersection in Collie.
Greenhoods, shells, snails and birds
Green hood
Coastal banded green hood
Jug orchid
Green veined shell orchid
A colony of snail orchids @ Williams
Bird orchid
Beaks
Red beaks @ Walyunga
Rattle beaks @ Wireless Hill
Big and wispy Spiders
Forest mantis near Collie
Candy side on
Candy front on
Daddy long legs near Karda
Spiders @ Christmas Rock
Spiders @ Christmas Rock
A Primrose Spider
Frankland River
Frankland River
The tallest orchid we have ever found
Tenterden Spiders @ Tenterden
Blood Spider @ Goomallinng
Dancing Spider Orchid, formerly called the Bee Orchid, and I have seen referred to as a Grandpa Orchid @ Wireless Hill
Dancing Spider Orchid, formerly called the Bee Orchid, and I have seen referred to as a Grandpa Orchid @ Wireless Hill
A leaping spider at Frankland River area
A leaping spider @ Frankland River area
Fairies (also spiders)
White fairies @ Frankland River area
Pink fairy orchid @ John Forrest National Park
Cowslips (also spiders)
Cow slip
Cow slip
Donkeys
The first orchid I ever “saw’.
Purple pansy
Winter donkey
Other animals – dragons, ants, ducks, rabbits
Rabbit
Clown / Ant / Man / Jack in the box front on @ Goomalling
Clown / Ant / Man / Jack in the box side on @ Goomalling
Common Dragon @ Frankland River
Enamels
Purple enamel
Suns
My Cleopatra’s Needles
Mr P’s Cleopatra’s Needles
Sun Orchids at Wellie Dam
Sun Orchids at Wellie Dam
Lemon scented sub orchid or vanilla orchid @ Gathercole Nature Reserve
Sun orchid at St David’s Church, Worseley
Blue beards and chinas
Orchid nerd in it’s natural environment
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