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Orchids

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There are about 30,000 species of orchid worldwide making Orchidaceae the largest family of flowering plants. They are found in a diverse range of habitats.

Orchids have distinctive flowers, consisting of three sepals and three petals. The third petal is greatly modified into a specialised structure known as a labellum. Another distinctive feature is the column, a fusion of the sexual parts of the flower (stamens and style) into a fleshy structure. Most terrestrial orchids grow from a tuber which is replaced each year.

Some orchids are designated as rare and endangered plants. Others, although reasonably common, are very localised in their occurence. All orchids are protected species and should not be disturbed in their native habitat. For these reasons all orchids have been included as rare or sensitive plants.

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Tapirlord wrote:
25 Mar 2025
Pretty textbook observation for this species, nice to have the note about the plants in the rock pools (it's mentioned very specifically in the literature)
Thelymitra petrophila
Tapirlord wrote:
25 Mar 2025
See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99880724
Thelymitra graminea
Tapirlord wrote:
25 Mar 2025
Hey Rob!! Sorry i missed your tag the first time. I totally agree, this is Diuris sp. Augusta (very very cool) and i've added it accordingly. We have a long tradition of using undescribed phrase names on naturemapr so it's totally ok to use this one here
Diuris sp. Augusta (G.Brockman GBB 1469) WA Herbarium
RobG1 wrote:
22 Mar 2025
It looks like a finished Bonnet orchid (Cryptostylis erecta)
Cryptostylis erecta
Tapirlord wrote:
21 Mar 2025
It can't be T.macrophylla I think, the post-anther lobe is so bulbous and the leaf is quite broad. I reckon it's likely to a hybrid with T.crinita as a parent and one of the other blue species as the other. So i'm gonna leave this at genus
Thelymitra (Genus)

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