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[Horizon]

I have to share these.

These are three awesome ground orchids found growing in the national park behind my mothers place.

None of which have been seen in our area for a very long time.

All three were found in a very small area.  Not all of the orchids were flowering but there were thousands of them that have shot up their leaves.  

They are a deciduous plant that  lives below the ground over the hotter months, that will send leaves above ground over the cooler months and when the conditions are right will send up flowers. 

The first one is a

Helmet Orchid Corybus barbarae

Mosquito Orchid Acianthus fornicatus

Nodding Greenhood Pterostylis nutans

 

Hope you enjoy

 

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[Horizon]

Sorry the pics came out back to front

The one on the far right is the helmut orchid

Middle one is still the mosquito orchid

And the one on the left is the nodding orchid

Cheers

[tarenna]

These are flowering across the NSW North Coast too. A lovely scene on the forest floor.

[Halcyon Daze]

The Corybus is a good find. Very nice