Over our 20 day road trip we were lucky enough to find more than 44 different orchids. I have listed them below with almost all pictured and sorted firstly into their Genus then the first date found.

Pterostylis

Jug orchid (Pterostylis recurva) 01/09/2017

Midget greenhood (Pterostylis mutica) 01/09/2017

Banded greenhood (Pterostylis vittata) 01/09/2017

Frog greenhood (Pterostylis sargentii) 01/09/2017

Dark banded greenhood (Pterostylis sanguinea) 01/09/2017

Hairy stemmed snail orchid (Pterostylis sp. ‘inland’) 02/09/2017

Dwarf bird orchid (Pterostylis sp. ‘dwarf’) 20/09/2017

Light green, white banded flowers

Blunt petals and sepals

United petals and dorsal sepal forming hood

Recurva relates to the curved backwards of the lateral sepals

Green and white flower 10-20mm long and 3-10mm across

Short lateral sepals which are joined at the base

Petals and dorsal sepal form a hood

Cyanicula

Western tiny blue orchid (Cyanicula aperta) 01/09/2017

Dainty blue orchid (Cyanicula amplexans) 05/09/2017

Blue china orchid (Cyanicula gemmata) 18/09/2017

Nice group shot

Size comparison with my index finger tip

Size comparison with my index finger

Short, horizontally spreading petals and sepals

Flattened white labellum

Short , horizontally spreading petals and sepals

Pyrorchis

Red beaks (Pyrorchis nigricans) 01/09/2017

Short spreading petals and lateral sepals

Prominently curved dorsal sepal forming hood over the column

Ericksonella

Sugar orchid (Ericksonella saccharata)

A distinctive orchid 50 to 150 mm high

Short mid-lobe with several rows of calli

Diuris

Western wheatbelt donkey orchid (Diuris brachyscapa) 01/09/2017

Mottled donkey orchid (Diuris suffusa) 03/09/2017

Yellow granite donkey orchid (Diuris hazeliae) 05/09/2017

Pale donkey orchid (Diuris sp. ‘mid-north’) 15/09/2017

Dainty donkey orchid (Diuris refracta) 16/09/2017

Common bee orchid (Diuris decrementa) 16/09/2017

Common donkey orchid (Diuris corymbosa) 17/09/2017

Hanging, often reflexed, crossed lateral sepals

Often reflexed petals, a broad reflexed dorsal sepal, narrow, reflexed, crossed lateral sepals

Broad petals and a very broad dorsal sepal

Broad spreading lateral lobes to labellum

Prominently reflexed, sometimes crossed, lateral sepals

Small, yellow, brown marked flowers

Yellow, brown and purple flowers

Prasophyllum

Little laughing leek orchid (Prasophyllum gracile) 01/09/2017

Fused lateral sepals with elongated tips, forward facing dorsal sepal

Yellowish-green or rarely purplish flowers

Caladenia

Cowslip orchid (Caladenia flava subsp. flava) 01/09/2017

Pink candy orchid (Caladenia hirta subsp. rosea) 01/09/2017

Common spider orchid (Caladenia vulgata) 01/09/2017

Chameleon spider orchid (Caladenia dimidia) 01/09/2017

Western wispy spider orchid (Caladenia microchila) 01/09/2017

Ballerina spider orchid (Caladenia melanema) 01/09/2017

Little pink fairy (Caladenia reptans subsp. reptans) 02/09/2017

Fringed mantis orchid (Caladenia falcata) 02/09/2017

Dancing spider orchid (Caladenia discoidea) 02/09/2017

Crimson spider orchid (Caladenia footeana) 02/09/2017

Chapman’s spider orchid (Caladenia chapmanii) 02/09/2017

Spectacular spider orchid (Caladenia x spectabilis) 02/09/2017

Ant orchid (Caladenia roei) 02/09/2017

Drooping spider orchid (Caladenia radialis) 03/09/2017

Blood spider orchid (Caladenia filifera) 03/09/2017

Pink fairies (Caladenia latifolia) 19/09/2017

Purple-veined spider orchid (Caladenia doutchiae) 19/09/2017

Pendant spider orchid (Caladenia pendens subsp. pendens) 19/09/2017

Red thread spider orchid (Caladenia erythronema) 20/09/2017

Golden yellow, creamy yellow or white, often red marked flowers

short spreading petals and lateral sepals

Creamy-white red-striped labellum

Creamy-white flowers

Yellow, cream or pink-red flowers

Short spreading petals and sepals with a prominently tri-lobed labellum

Greenish-yellow, red tipped labellum with comb-like fringe segments

Short, horizontally spreading petals and lateral sepals

Spreading petals and lateral sepals of uniform colour

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3rd colour variation. Brightest of the bunch

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Prominently red-striped, shortly-fringed or smooth-margined labellum

Small blood-red labellum with serrate to dentate fringe segments and 2 rows of red calli

Prominently tri-lobed labellum

short red calli

Relatively broad, red-striped labellum with serrate to dentate fringe segemnts

Two rows of red to cream calli

Pheladenia

Blue beard (Pheladenia deformis) 02/09/2017

One (rarely two) blue or more rarely white, flowers 20 – 30 mm across

Narrow, upright labellum with short fringe segments and a dense mass of calli

Thelymitra

Lemon-scented sun orchid (Thelymitra antennifera) 02/09/2017

Granite sun orchid (Thelymitra petrophila) 9/9/2017

A distinctive column with a yellow crested mid-lobe and reddish-brown, ear like lateral lobes

Blue, purple or pink flowers 10 – 20 mm across

Elythanthera

Purple enamel orchid (Elythanthera brunonis) 15/9/2017

Small membranous labellum with two large black basal calli

Spreading petals and sepals

Spiculaea

Elbow orchid (Spiculaea ciliata) 19/09/2017

Leaf is shrivelled at time of flowering

Getting close to flowering