Orchids of Western Australia - Orchids of South Western Australia

Orchids of South Western Australia

Common name Genus No. species in southwest W.A. Remarks
Babe-in-a-cradle Epiblema 2
Beak orchids Burnettia 2
Beard orchids Calochilus 3
Blue orchids Cyanicula 9
Bunny orchids Eriochilus 6
Donkey orchid Diuris 21
Dragon orchid Drakonorchis 4
Duck orchids Paracaleana 5
Elbow orchid Spiculaea 1
Enamel orchids Elythranthera 2
Greenhoods Pterostylis 45?
Hammer orchids Drakaea 9
Hare orchid Leporella 1
Helmet orchids Corybas 4
Leafless orchid Praecoxanthus 1
Leek orchids Prasophyllum 24
Mignonette orchids Microtis 9 also Onion orchid
Mosquito orchids Cyrtostylis 3
Potato orchids Gastrodia 1 also Bell orchid
Pygmy orchids Genoplesium 1
Rabbit orchid Leptoceras 1
Rattle beaks Lyperanthus 2
Slipper orchids Cryptostylis 1 also Tongue orchid
South African orchids Monadenia 1 introduced
Spider orchids Caladenia 120
Sun orchids Thelymitra 30?
Underground orchids Rhizanthella 2
  • This table has its source as the Second Edition of Hoffman and Brown in 1992

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