All Wildflowers

Templetonia

Dense shrub to 2m. tall, much branched. Leaves oval, widest at the end away from the stem. Large dusky red pea flowers (3cm long) in which the standard petal is reflexed (bent backwards).

Longleaved Cone Bush

This unusual shrub appears as a tuft of elongated rounded (terete) leaves about 30cm high with flowerheads and old seed capsules nestled at ground level, in among the leaf bases.

Lodges spider orchid

Photo by Graeme W. Lodges spider orchid, Caladenia lodgeana. This is a late flowering orchid, flowering in November December. It is also uncommon , found in the lower south west ,

Grevillea floribunda

Shrub in drier forest. Leaf margins rolled under. Flowers thickly covered with rusty brown hairs.

Silver Bush

Prostrate to erect shrub, usually under 2m in hight with soft silvery foliage, flowering all year, more common between April and October and is Endemic to Kangaroo Island

Cherry spider orchid.

Photo by Graeme W.

Hovea

Erect open shrub to 1.5m. Narrow leaves, .

Caladenia sp.

Photo by Graeme W. Unidentified caladenia. The petals are short and held up and are also partly clubbed.

Margaret River Spider Orchid

A distinct yellow spider orchid

Drumsticks or Coneflower

Tall shrub to about 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, prickly. Common among heath growing in gravelly sandy soil.

Scott River Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W.

Grevillea thyrsoides

Low shrub with a somewhat lax, weeping habit. Leaves simple but divided into deep lobes giving a ferny appearance. Flowers dusky pink in terminal infloresences held on a long stem,

Emu Bush

Small tree to 5m tall with pendulous leaves up to 15cm long. Flowers dull pink/red.

Esperance King Spider Orchid

Colourful Spider Orchid Grows 250 - 500mm. Up to three red yellow and green flowers Red tipped labellum

Pink Candy Orchid

Grows in colonies Grows to 100 - 250mm Up to 4 deep pink petals

Rusty Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. The Rusty Spider Orchid, Caladenia ferruginea found in the whole of the south west area

Mustard Orchid

Melaleuca

Woody shrub to 3m. Branches covered with papery bark. Leaves small and narrow.

Frail Spider Orchid

Photo by Graeme W. Another of our very rare orchids , the Frail Spider Orchid, Caladenia uliginosa.

Thryptomene

Small thick, rounded shrub growing in red sand.

Yellow Conesticks

An attractive, erect shrub with perfumed flowers that grows up to about 1 m tall. Branchlets and leaves smooth. Leaves simple, ending in a pungent (sharp) point. Inflorescence (flowerhead) rounded,

Swamp Spider Orchid

A common orchid that has up to three red greenish-yellow and cream flowers.Spreading petals, narrowly clubbed lateral sepals and a white or greenish yellow red tipped projecting labellum.

Funnelweb Spider Orchid

another distinct spider orchid

Little Pink Fairy Orchid

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.15 m high. Fl. pink, Jul to Sept. Sand, loam, gravel, laterite, granite. Open jarrah, wandoo woodland.