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RE: Seeking Out Australian Native Orchids #33
I guess, with that Horned Orchid, a lot can change in a week! But now you have images of another stage of flowering, lol. I'm waiting until you can ID an orchid right as the greenery is emerging from the leaf litter on the ground, lol. Happy New Year! And I hope you see some surprising new orchids in 2017!
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.