15/10/2024
It appears that I ventured out to check on the late season orchids by myself as pictures taken on the Olympus E-M5 Mark II are the only record and they do not have GPS data.
So, I will post the pictures and info for each orchid found with no commentary for the outing itself.
Swamp mignonette orchid
Microtis atrata
Flowering season: Sept to Nov.
Range: Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay. Also SA, Vic and Tas.
Habitat: Sandy clay and clay soils in seasonally wet areas.
Granite china orchid
Cyanicula nikulinskyae
Flowering season: Sept to early-Nov.
Range: Fitzgerald River NP and Israelite Bay.
Habitat: Soil pockets on granite outcrops.
?? mignonette orchid
Microtis sp.
ID of orchid currently unknown. Posted on iNaturalist for assistance in ID.
White fairy orchid
Caladenia marginata
Flowering season: Late Sept to Nov
Range: Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay
Habitat: Sandy and sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet flats and runoff areas on granite outcrops.
Rattle Beaks
Lyperanthus serratus
Flowering season: Sept to Nov
Range: Perth to Israelite Bay
Habitat: Sandy, sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forests, woodlands and shrublands.
5 Different species located.
From the species found I believe the location to be east of Esperance.
