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RE: Seeking Out Australian Native Orchids #33
I will be going back to check on the horned orchid.
Some I can identify from leaves only - e.g., bonnet orchid by the leaf shape, one leaf only and its back is a purplish tinge. It has been a learning process - and I am trying to do it without the techncial books. The way they use words makes my eyes glaze over.
haha -- They do that on purpose! Keeps the riff-raff out of their orchids, lol. The mushroom guidebooks I use are the same way. It's a whole other language, alright!
It sure is. I had a go at making it simple for orchids in this post - and by picking a tricky orchid to identify. Ever since then I have found it a little easier to learn what it is they are talking about
https://steemit.com/photography/@carrinm/seeking-out-australian-native-orchids-15-identification
Here is a sample from one site
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cryptostylis~erecta
That's some reading for when you can't sleep, lol.
Yup - and that is one describing an orchid I know really well. Saw one today. For one I have not seen I am totally lost.