WA Orchids

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Exploring Western Australia’s native #orchids, flora, fungi, & biodiversity 🌿🪻🍄🌳. Was on X as @wa_orchids Also posting #ausinverts, #insects & #moths at Aussie Moths (@wa-moths.bsky.social) 🐛🦋🪲🐜🕷️🐞 📍 Perth, WA (Whadjuk Noongar Boodja)

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WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 22d

Winter flowers brightening a rainy weekend in the Perth Hills 🌿🌧️ 💜 Native Wisteria 🤎 Couch Honeypot 💛 Leafless Rock Wattle ❤️ Lemon-scented Darwinia #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Hardenbergia comptoniana - Native Wisteria - a purple pea like flower with green markings in the centre of the flower

Banksia dallanneyi - Couch Honeypot - a large reddish brown flower surrounded by jagged green leaves

Acacia aphylla - Leafless Rock Wattle- a yellow pompom like flower covered in rain drops

Darwinia citriodora - Lemon-scented Darwinia - flower with red and green bracts surrounding the flower and prominent stamens extending above the flower

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 24d

Something a bit different…. a panoramic view of Perth in Western Australia taken from Kings Park, one of the world’s largest inner city parks. Click on the picture to get the full view 🏙️ #westernaustralia #city #photography #panorama

Panorama across a city with various skyscrapers and bushland in the foreground

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 24d

Eucalyptus youngiana - the Large-fruited Mallee or Ooldea Mallee This #eucalyptus species is native to arid areas of WA and SA but it can be seen in Kings Park botanic gardens in Perth, where it’s just coming into flower. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of a creamy coloured eucalyptus flower

Picture of a bundle of creamy coloured eucalyptus flowers

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 25d

Melaleuca rupestris - Mouse Ears These beautiful flowers are just starting to appear in the Perth Hills. With densely hairy sepals and bright red, claw-like flowers, they are quite striking 🌿❤️ #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

A cluster of red claw like flowers with rain drops on them

A cluster of small buds showing the very hairy sepals of this plant

A single flower in the process of opening

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 26d

Some of the flowers currently bringing colour to the Perth Hills. These species are all endemic to the southwest of Western Australia 🌿 💙 Blue Leschenaultia 🩷 Snakebush 💛 Winter Donkey Orchid 💜 Common Dampiera #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Blue Leschenaultia - Leschenaultia biloba - pale blue flower with 5 almost triangular shaped petals

Snakebush - Hemiandra pungens - pale pink flower with darker pink speckles

Winter Donkey Orchid - Diuris brumalis - side view of a yellow orchid flower with red tips to the central labellum lobes

Common Dampiera - dark purple flower with a yellow, ruffled centre

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 28d

The Jarrah forests around Collie in Western Australia contain an amazing diversity of lichen species. With #lichens known to act as environmental bioindicators, it suggests this area has very low levels of air pollution #fungifriends #lichen #biodiversity #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿

Xanthoparmelia conspersa - Peppered Rock Shield

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 28d

The Winter Donkey Orchids (Diuris brumalis) are just starting to flower in the Perth Hills 💛❤️ #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Close up of a single orchid flower with pale yellow petals & sepals and red markings in the centre of the flower. There is a small winged insect standing in the middle of the flower

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· 29d

I’ve posted a few fungi recently… but it’s hard not to share more when you come across ones as stunning as this 🍄🍄‍🟫 Seen in the Jarrah forests around Collie. #fungifriends #fungi #wildoz #inaturalist #westernaustralia 🌿

Close up of a very small fungi next to a small cluster of moss. The fungi has a halo of bright strands that could be another fungus

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 12

More fungi from Wellington National Park near Collie in the southwest of Western Australia. These pictures were taken by my two kids, who both have a keen eye for spotting fungi. Definitely the best time of the year for a #fungi hunt 🍄🍄‍🟫 #fungifriends #slimemould #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿

Panellus ligulatus (I think), picture showing the underside of a yellow fungi and its gills

Clavulina sp. - a pale brown, highly branched fungi on a forest floor

Tubifera ferruginosa, Red Raspberry Slime Moukd against a backdrop of moss

Coprinellus sp. (I think), large number of pale brown fungi all clustered together at the base of a tree trunk

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 11

July is the time of the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt… and the Jarrah forests around Collie in the southwest of Western Australia are a great place for #fungi at the minute 🍄🍄‍🟫 #fungifriends #moss #wildoz #inaturalist

Picture of the gills of a cluster of small white fungi on a moss covered tree trunk

Small bright orange fungi in the forest floor

Two large reddish brown fungi growing on a fallen log with a wavy gill pattern visible

A small brown fungi growing in dense green moss

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 11

These three different species of lichen were all happily growing on the same woody shrub right next to the Collie River in Wellington National Park. Possible IDs in ALT #lichens #fungifriends #wildoz #inaturalist #westernaustralia 🌿

A Rossette Lichen and Beard Lichens growing on top of each other on a leafless branch

Physcia sp. Rossette Lichen which is greyish green and growing on a leafless branch

Athallia sp. of Firedot Lichen (I think), small red dots/patches on an old branch

Usnea sp. one of the Beard Lichens. A greyish green lichen with a thin branching firm on a leafless branch next to one of the plants old cones

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 7

Leucopogon capitellatus More commonly known as one of the Beard Heaths, the flowers of Leucopogon capitellatus are small, delightfully fluffy stars ⭐️ #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomsvrolling 🌿

Close up of a small, star shaped white flower with a smaller still brown star shaped centre. The 5 petals are white and appear fluffy in texture

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 4

Calectasia narragara - Blue Tinsel Lily A species endemic to Western Australia. This low growing shrub is characterised by beautiful purplish blue star shaped flowers with stamens that start yellow then turn orange and red with age. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Close up of three purplish blue star shaped flowers, one with yellow stamens in the centre of the flower and two with dark orange stamens

Close up picture of two purplish blue star shaped flowers, the front one with yellow stamens in the centre of the flower and the other with orange stamens

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 4

Pigea calycina - Wild Violet A member of the violet family endemic to Western Australia. The Wild Violet is often found in the sandy soils of banksia heathland in winter and spring. 📌 Swan Coastal Plain, 4 July 2026 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #violaceae #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Picture of a single flower that is purple in colour with broad bottom petal and a yellow centre to the flower

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 4

Found this lovely lichen on my recent wanders in a section of banksia dominated bushland in the Perth Hills. I think this is a Ladder Lichen (Cladonia verticillata) but always happy to be corrected. #fungifriends #lichen #wildoz #inaturalist

Close up of a dense greyish green lichen showing a tower with platforms type structure. The “platforms” are edged in brown

Broader view of a dense greyish green lichen showing a tower with platforms type structure. The “platforms” are edged in brown and there is leaf litter in the foreground

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jul 2

The Noongar season of Makuru (roughly June-July) might be the wettest and coldest part of the year in the Perth Hills, but the bushland is looking greener now and more of our native plants are flowering IDs in ALT 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Hemiandra pungens - Snakebush - a low growing shrub with pink speckled white flowers

Kennedia prostrata - Running Postman - a ground creeping plant with red pea-like flowers that have a yellow centre

Banksia sessilis - Parrot Bush - picture of a cream coloured flower head surrounded by prickly green leaves. Each flower head actually contains between 55 to 125 individual flowers

Andersonia lehmanniana - picture showing a cluster of small pink and blue flowers

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 28

A wet winter weekend is the perfect time to get out and search for fungi. Spotted in the Perth Hills, IDs (I think): 💛 Tremella mesenterica 🤎 Campanella gregaria 🤍 Myxarium nucleatum 🧡 Ramaria sp. 🍄🍄‍🟫🌿 #fungifriends #wildoz #fungi #winter

Tremella mesenterica - Witches Butter - a yellow jelly-like fungus on a branch

Campanella gregaria - picture showing the gills from the underside of a brown fungi on a piece of damp bark

Myxarium nucleatum - very small stark white globular jelly-like fungus

Ramaria sp. - Coral fungi - yellow fungi that resembles something similar to a piece of coral

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 28

With the winter rains come the slime moulds 🌧️🍄 🍓 Tubifera ferruginosa 📍 Perth Hills, 28 June 2026 #fungifriends #wildoz #slimemould #winter

A bright red slime mould which looks rather like a berry on the underside of an old fallen log

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 28

The beautiful flower of a Swamp Rainbow, a species of Drosera endemic to Western Australia. 📍 Perth Hills, 21 June 2026 #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #sundew #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #stunday #flowersonsunday 🌿

Photograph of a flower with 11 delicate white petals and bundles of yellow pollen in the centre of the flower. The flower has been isolated against a black background, making it appear to float

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 27

Spotted our first Autumn Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum parvifolium) for the season in the Perth Hills today. Despite their common name, the peak flowering time for these orchids is actually in the winter months. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Picture of an orchid with a cluster 6 small flowers and one bud on top of a narrow green stem. The flowers that are open are white with red and green stripes

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 22

Yes, it’s one of the scrambling Drosera species. Here’s another shot of the same species showing the whole plant, including the carnivorous leaves

Drosera with one open flower and several buds supported by a thin tree trunk

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 22

A few of the native wildflowers seen in the Perth Hills over the last week. It’s so nice to see the local bush beginning to burst with colour ❤️💛💜🤍🌿 Styphelia foliosa Cristonia biloba biloba Hovea chorizemifolia Drosera hirsuta #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

Styphelia foliosa - Candle Cranberry - two red and green spike like flowers in a mass of spiky green leaves

Cristonia biloba biloba - a yellow and brownish red pea-like flower

Hovea chorizemifolia - Holly-leaved Hovea- purple pea-like flowers with spiky holly shaped leaves against the black trunk of a tree burnt in a bush fire

Drosera hirsuta - delicate white flower of a carnivorous sundew

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 21

Drosera heterophylla - Swamp Rainbow This lovely #sundew is just starting to flower in the Perth Hills along winter wet granite outcrops. These sundews are easy to ID, having more petals than other endemic Drosera species. #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

Picture of a delicate white flower atop a delicate stem. The flower has 11 petals

The specialised leaf of the sundew showing the glandular tentacles which topped with sticky secretions that trap unsuspecting insects

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 17

A bird bath with a view 🦜🛁 It might be cold and cloudy, but this Australian Ringneck Parrot, or Darlmoorluk in the local Noongar language, took advantage of a rain filled feeder and had a quick bath this afternoon. 📍 Perth Hills, Western Australia 🌿 #ausbirds #wildoz #birds #parrot #nature

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 16

Drosera rosulata One of the tuberous sundews that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. This one was happily growing around a granite outcrop in the Perth Hills in late autumn 🌿 #ozflora #fierceflora #sundew #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Picture of a sundew with deep red leaves that are covered sticky hairs with a cluster of delicate white flowers emerging from the centre of the plant.

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 15

Hakea laurina - Pincushion Hakea/Kodjet A lovely native endemic to Western Australia. With their beautiful clusters of cream and pink flowers, the Pincushion Hakea is often found in gardens around Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #hakea #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

Close up picture of a dense cluster of the cream and deep pink pin cushion shaped flowers of the Pincushion Hakea. This plant is known as Kodjet in the local Noongar language.

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· Jun 5

The Noongar season of Makuru swept in with a bang last weekend with one of the strongest storms Western Australia has seen for decades 💨🌧️ The good drenching of rain we had will certainly help those winter and spring flowers along though 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist

Drosera collina flower spike with rain drops on the creamy white petals

Autumn Scrub Daisy with rain drops all over the white petals. These flowers are fading now and some finished flowers are seen at the bottom of the image

Prickly Dryandra flower just emerging surrounded by the prickly foliage that gives the plants its common name

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· May 30

It’s a wet weekend in the Perth Hills, which can be the perfect time for a walk… things look so fresh and vibrant after some rain. Flowering currently: Daviesia angulata Eriochilus dilatatus Lomandra nigricans Hovea chorizemifolia #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿 🌧️

Daviesia angulata - yellow and orange pea-like flowers with rain drops on them

Eriochilus dilatatus - a small white orchid flower against a backdrop of green shrubs

Lomandra nigricans - a spike of small white flowers clustered together which have purple/black markings

Hovea chorizemifolia - a cluster of deep purple pea-like flowers with small drops of rain on them

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· May 27

Starting to see a few more of our native flowers making their appearance in the Perth Hills now… which means the bush is starting to look more colourful 🌿 Andersonia lehmanniana Drosera collina Styphelia nitens Hibbertia hypericoides #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

Andersonia lehmanniana - cluster of small pink and pale blue flowers.

Drosera collina - white flower of a native sundew with 5 petals

Styphelia nitens - a row of four small white tube like flowers

Hibbertia hypericoides - bright yellow flower with dark green foliage behind

WA Orchids@wa-orchids· May 27

An autumnal sunrise looking out over Kalamunda National Park in the Perth Hills this week. The colours at this time of year can be absolutely stunning 🧡💛❤️ #sunrise #autumn #wildoz #WesternAustralia 🌿