We walked about 200 metres along a track in the forest north of Anglesea on Victoria's south coast but it took a while because we found a few orchids flowering, about ten species in all. Am I repeating myself when I say this area is a marvellous floristic treasure?
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| Eastern Bronze Caladenia Caladenia transitoria |
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| Large Duck Orchid Caleana major |
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| Plain Fingers Caladenia sp. aff. vulgaris |
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| Spotted Sun Orchid Thelymitra ixioides |
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| Slender Sun Orchid Thelymitra pauciflora |
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| Salmon Sun Orchid Thelymitra rubra |
We also saw two species of bearded greenhoods, Pink Fingers and the small duck orchid
Caleana minor as well as leaves of several other species. A friend was along the same track a month ago and saw an entirely different suite of orchids and other plants flowering.
2 comments:
Nice ones, especially the Salmon Sun Orchid. I was down that way a month ago and didn't see anything in the way of orchids but was generally further from the coast.
The orchids are stunning! how lucky you are to have seen so many.
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