It is now past 11am, so we move on to our next location, Beaumont Nature Reserve. We find orchids already found today plus some new species and one hybrid, which is exciting.
Western wispy spider orchid (Caladenia microchila)
Distribution: Kondinin to Madura
Plant Height: 150-300mm
South coast donkey orchid (Diuris brockmanii)
Distribution: Ongerup to Esperance
Plant Height: 150-300mm
Sugar orchid (Ericksonella saccharata)
Distribution: Paynes Find to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 50-150mm
Common bee orchid (Diuris decrementa)
Distribution: Wongan Hills to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 80-300mm
Zebra orchid (Caladenia cairnsiana)
Distribution: Lancelin to Esperance
Plant Height: 150-400mm
Cowslip orchid (Caladenia flava subsp. flava)
Distribution: Northampton to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 80-200mm
Pink fairies (Caladenia latifolia)
Distibution: Kalbarri to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 120-450mm
Esperance white spider orchid (Caladenia longicauda subsp. crassa)
Distribution: Bremer Bay to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 200-500mm
Rigid white spider orchid (Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula)
Distribution: Salmon Gums to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 250-400mm
Beautiful donkey orchid (Diuris pulchella)
Distribution: Salmon Gums to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 200-500mm
Little laughing leek orchid (Prasophyllum gracile)
Distribution: Shark Bay to Eyre
Plant Height: 60-250mm
Common spider orchid (Caladenia varians)
Distribution: Kalbarri to Esperance
Plant Height: 150-300mm
Spectacular spider orchid (Caladenia x spectabilis)
Distribution: Kalbarri to Esperance
Plant Height: 100-350mm
Jug orchid (Pterostylis recurva)
Distribution: Geraldton to Israelite Bay
Plant Height: 300-900mm
?? snail orchid (Pterostylis sp)
We make our way back to the Triton and have ourselves some lunch. It was whilst eating lunch we spied the nice Jug orchids flowering, which was great as prior to this we had only found a Jug orchid that had been someone else’s lunch 🙂
From here we head back to Fisheries Road and check out a spot I had checked earlier in the year. Not much found but you never know until you check.
WA Orchid Adventures 