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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.bsky.social · 27m
It’s always a treat when your bush walk ends at a stunning beach but to then find Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava subsp flava) growing on the beach makes it extra special 💙💛🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #Walpole #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
View of a sandy path through thick green bush to a beach and a calm sea aheadPicture of a single yellow orchid flower with red stripes on the upper sepal and petals. The orchid is growing in a sand
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 10h
Headed up Mount Frankland (elevation 411m), on the southern coast of WA. At the top you can see the Stirling Ranges 145km away and find lichens thriving in the clean air up there #lichen #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿
View from the top of Mount Frankland across a green landscape seemingly covered in forestView from the top of Mount Frankland to the Stirling Ranges on the horizon 145km awayParmotrema crinitum - Salted Ruffle Lichen (I think)- Lichen growing at the top of Mount Frankland which is greenish grey in colour with darker patchesUsnea sp. Beard Lichen growing at the top of Mount Frankland
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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carousel Spider Orchid @ Kings Park, Perth, WA #WildOz #Wildflowers
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Noongar season of Kambarang is upon us, a season characterised by an abundance of spring wildflowers. Here’s a few of the amazing wildflowers that are blooming around WA’s Southern forests at the minute IDs in ALT #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #spring #bloomscrolling 🌿
Hyalosperma cotula - a small daisy like flower of white and yellowStypandra glauca - nodding blue lily - a striking purple flower with promyyellow anthers Pauridia occidentalis - small yellow flower with four petals Utricularia multifida - pink petticoats- close up of a small pink flower with a yellow ruffled centre at the top
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Western Australia just had its second driest September on record… and now BOM are predicting an 80% chance that our temps between Oct and Dec will be in the highest 20% on record This is terrifying for bushfire prone areas🔥😟 #weather #wildoz #climate #elnino
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The beaches around the southwest of Western Australia are always good for a spot of beach combing or rock pooling. I think this large marine snail found today might a Turbo kenwilliamsi 🐚 #wildoz #beach #Dunsborough #gastropods #marine
Photo of a very rocky foreshore with a calm sea in the foreground and big waves further out. The sky is filled with white clouds and only small patches of blueLarge shell of a marine snail sitting on a sandy beach
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Caladenia paludosa - Swamp Spider Orchid Often found growing in dense coastal heathland in areas that are swampy in winter, hence its common name. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a single orchid flower that has long, thin petals and sepals that are greenish yellow in colour with a deep red tip to the central labellum. The labellum has long red-tipped fringing. The ends of the three sepals have think brown tips.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stylidium petiolare - Horn Triggerplant One of triggerplants endemic to the southwest if WA. Like all triggerplants, this one has a sensitive floral column that snaps forward when touched by an insect daubing it with pollen 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #spring
Picture of two small pale pink flowers with four petals, two at the top and two at the bottom the flowers centre
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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good news #invert story of the week 🦋 After a catastrophic decline in numbers over recent years that placed Australia’s iconic Bogong moth on the IUCN Red List, their numbers have really surged this year! #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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After a catastrophic decline bogong moths are back, and naturalists are celebrating
Bogong moths numbers have surged after years of decline, flying evidence of an ancient transfer of vital nutrients from lowlands to the fragile high country.
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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yet more stunning #spring #orchids from #Tasmania; I am very lucky to be able to go walking on my days off to find these beautiful little jewels. #flower #flora #botany #nature #Australia #bloomscrolling
Waxlip orchid (Glossodia maior)Elegant caladenia (Caladenia cracens)Pink lady fingers (Caladenia carnea)Maroonhood (Pterostylis pedunculata)
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wildflower season is well and truly underway now in the southwest of Western Australia… the native bushland is quite literally full of colour 💛🧡🩷💜🌿 (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #orchids #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Dunsborough #spring
Caladenia flava flava - Cowslip Orchid - cluster of 4 yellow orchid flowers with red markings on the top sepal and petals Chorizema diversifolium - cluster of orange pea like flowers with yellow centresPimelea rosea - Rosy Rice Flower - cluster of deep pink flowers in a spherical flower headAgrostocrinum hirsutum - purple/blue flower with 6 delicate petals
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Caladenia macrostylis - the Leaping Spider Orchid With its berry-like cluster of deep purple calli in the centre of the labellum, this orchid is easy to identify. Endemic to southwest Western Australia and quite common in the Perth Hills. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
Picture of a single orchid flower that has pale green sepals and petals with some red markings. The labellum at the centre of the orchid has a cluster of deep purple calli that appear almost like a beery
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A few of the flowers currently making their appearance in the Perth Hills and surrounding areas 🤍🌿🤍 Drosera stolonifera Tribonanthes elongata Stylidium hispidum Drosera macrantha #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
Drosera stolonifera - Leady Sundew - cluster of white flowers with 5 petals each and yellow stamens in the flowers centre Tribonanthes elongata - wooly flower with 6 petals and a tinge if pure on the petalsStylidium hispidum - close up of a white flower with four petals. The centre of the flower has four deep pink markingsDrosera macrantha - Bridal Rainbow - single white flower with 5 petals and a tangle of branched styles and yellow pollen bundles at the centre
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Elythranthera emarginata - Pink Enamel Orchid These orchids are stunning whichever angle you look at them from. The speckled backs to the sepals are particularly beautiful 🌿🩷 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inturalist #bloomscrolling
Front view of a pink orchid flower that is highly shinyBack view of two orchids showing the back of the sepals is speckledThe speckled bud of the pink enamel orchid Side view of a pink orchid flower
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some rather nice stratocumulus undulatus clouds around in the Perth Hills this afternoon ☁️💨 #PerthWeather #weather #clouds #stratocumulus
Picture of a grey sky with clouds in parallel lines
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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW (generally regarded as the southern limit of this distinctive species). Very popular with a range of the smaller local pollinators on this sunny but cool spring morning! #Wildflowers #OzPlants #InTheField #Biodiversity
Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW Flannel flowers (Actinotus helianthi) in coastal heathland near Ulladulla, NSW
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A few more of the pink and purple flowers to be seen around the Perth Hills at the minute. Spring is in the air and it’s just so beautiful out in our native bushland at the moment! (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Boronia ovata - a close up of a pink four-petalled flowerDampiera sp. - close up of a purple flower with a yellow ruffled centre Gompholobium knightianum - the Handsome Wedgepea - pink pea-like flower with a yellow centreHemiandra pungens - Snakebush - pink flower with a tube- like centre covered in darker pink spots
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There are so many wildflowers in bloom at the minute, the Perth Hills is positively alive with colour! Some of the beautiful purples and pinks seen today 🩷💜 (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Sowerbaea laxiflora - Purple Tassels - clustered head of small purple flowers with yellow stamensThysanotus sp. - Fringed Lily - Purple flower with fringed edges to the petals Hypocalymma robustum - Swan River Myrtle - close up of a pink flower with long stamensCalytrix glutinosa - close up of a pink star-shaped flower
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thelymitra antennifera - Lemon-scented Sun Orchid Seen in Wandoo National Park, WA in early September on a rather overcast day ⛅ These orchids are endemic to southwest Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria & Tasmania. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of an orchid with one lemon yellow flower almost fully open and a closed bud in the background. The bud shows the pink colour of the backs of the sepals of this orchid
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Elythranthera brunonis - Purple Enamel Orchid The first Purple Enamel Orchid I’ve seen this season in the Perth Hills. I love the blotched pattern on the backs of this orchid’s sepals and petals. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
Front view of a single orchid flower that is deep purple in colour and very shiny, so that the tips of its petals and sepals reflect like a mirrorThe back of the same purple orchid flower showing a blotched pattern of darker and lighter patches
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kennedia coccinea - Coral Vine A climbing shrub which usually has vivid orange & cerise pink flowers but we spotted one plant recently with stunning pale pink flowers. Endemic to the south west of Western Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a cluster of orange and pink pea type flowers A cluster of pale pink Pea like flowers
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some beautiful splashes of yellow from a weekend wander in the Perth Hills 🌿 💛 Hibbertia sp. 🌼 Conostylis serrulata 💛 Caladenia flava ssp. flava 🌼 Patersonia umbrosa #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #orchids #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
Hibbertia sp. - close up of a bright yellow flower 5 petals Conostylis serrulata - close up of a pale yellow flower with a star like shape. The flower grows close to the ground Caladenia flava ssp. flava - single orchid flower that is generally yellow with a pattern of red stripes and spots on the upper petal/sepalsPatersonia umbrosa - bright yellow flower with three large petals
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A good news story for this Tuesday morning ⭐️ Exciting signs of success after seven locally extinct native species were re-introduced to a corner of north-west corner of NSW, including western quolls and Shark Bay bandicoots #auswildlife #wildoz #conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Exciting' signs of survival as quolls and bandicoots reintroduced to outback
Once locally extinct across outback NSW, bilbies, bandicoots and bettongs are now back and breeding. The desert's revival has been led by a young couple who moved their lives way out west a decade ago...
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
These tiny Blue Stars (Chamaescilla corymbosa) are a common sight across southwest Western Australia at the minute. Usually a vibrant blue (R), we spotted a few beautiful white ones recently in winter wet areas of Wandoo National Park. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Close up of a small star shaped flower that is a vivid bluey purple in colourClose up of a small star shaped flower that is white with reddish tips to three petals
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Came across this amazing patch of Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava) in the Perth Hills today 💛💛 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of an expanse of yellow orchids in a sandy patch of soil
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Drakaea livida - Warty Hammer Orchid These orchids are masters of deception! Their unusual shape tricks males of a particular species of thynnid wasp into pollinating the orchid as they believe the orchid’s labellum is actually a female wasp #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #wildoz 🌿
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Clubbed Spider Orchids (Caladenia longiclavata) in the Perth Hills on a rainy day 🌿🌧️ #orchids #ozflira #wildoz #natuveplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
Side view of a two clubbed spider orchids facing each other. Both have droplets of water on them
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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Caladenia reptans subsp. reptans was out through the reserve growing in little patches of sun under the wandoo. This clump forming species, for which is named for, is like a smaller version of C. latifolia. This species has a wider distribution than C. latifolia, ranging further inland!
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Chorizema dicksonii - the Yellow-eyed Flame Pea 🔥❤️ These bright splashes of colour are just starting to emerge in our local bush. One of the Fabaceae that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #Fabaceae #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Close up of a typical pea flower that has bright red petals with a bright yellow centre to the flower. The flower is covered in a light misting of water droplets
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We recently came across this fabulous bunch of Blue Fairy Orchids (Pheladenia deformis) 🌿 The Blue Fairy is one of several orchid species in Western Australia with beautiful blue blooms 💙 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
Picture of a clump of blue orchids with at least 7 flowers visible against a background of dirt and stones
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The votes are in for Australia's favourite native wildflower with the lovely Flannel Flower (Actinotus sp) taking out the top spot 🏆 Read more about the different Flannel flowers found around Australia below 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Australia has a soft spot for the amazing flannel flower
The flannel flower is a beautiful bloom with a few superpowers up its floral sleeve. And it's not just an east-coast star.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A quick afternoon wander around our local Perth Hills area rewarded us with more emerging wild flowers and lots of colour (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #iNaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Philotheca spicata - Pepper and Salt - close up of a star shaped pale purple/pink flower with 5 petalsOrthrosanthus laxus - Morning Iris - pale blue flower with 6 petals Dampiera alata - Winged-stem Dampiera - close up of a deep purple flower with a ruffled yellow centreStylidium hispidum - White Butterfly Triggerplant - close up of a pale cream/yellow flower with 4 petals and several buds visible behind
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Corybas recurvus - Helmet Orchid This curious little orchid is endemic to Western Australia, often forming large colonies. Sitting on top of a single heart shaped leaf, its flower is deep red to black and about the size of a marble 🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist
Picture of a single small orchid flower that is deep red and round. The flower is amongst the leaf and twigs of the forest floor
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Always worth taking a minute to pause and look closely This cluster of Leucopogon capitellatus flowers had a tiny visitor trying to blend in and remain unseen 🕷️ #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #nativeplants #arachnids #inaturalist 🌿
Close up image of a cluster of small, fluffy white star shaped flowers at the end of a stem. Beneath the flower cluster sits a small white spider
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Caladenia reptans ssp reptans - the Little Pink Fairy Orchid Seen in an area that was burned last summer, the bright pink a striking contrast against the blackened ground 🩷 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
Pink orchid flower against a back drop of blackened scorched ground
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A lovely article about some of the amazing Australian women that have dedicated their lives to creating exquisite botanical (and entomological) illustrations of our wonderfully unique biodiversity 🌿 🌺 🦋 #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #sciart #botany #botanicalart www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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The female artists who shaped botanical illustration in Australia
Female botanical illustrators have translated the science of our landscapes for centuries, today the craft is as important as ever.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pimelea suaveolens - Scented Banjine These beautiful flowers are endemic to Western Australia, often seen growing in shady forests around the Perth Hills. The flowers are quite large, hanging down from the plant's slender stems 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling
Close up image of a large yellow flower head that is hanging downwards
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Some of the more common flowers seen around our area of the Perth Hills at the minute Burchardia congesta Chamaescilla corymbosa Gompholobium knightianum Drosera porrecta #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Burchardia congestaChamaescilla corymbosaGompholobium knightianumDrosera porrecta
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid It’s hard to walk past these orchids without being amazed by their wonderfully intricate structure, all designed to lure in unsuspecting pollinators 🌿🪰🦟 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Caladenia hiemalis - Dwarf Common Spider Orchid One of our earlier flowering spider orchids, this one was growing in the shallow soils of a granite outcrop in the Perth Hills in July #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture focused on a cream-coloured orchid flower with a small, red-striped labellum that is edged with small teeth-like notches. The long, narrow sepals and petals droop downward
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Australia’s wildflowers have evolved with bushfires and some of our orchids rely on fire to trigger mass flowering, but an increasing frequency and intensity of bushfires will likely do more harm than good 🔥🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #climatechange www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
Many of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thelymitra antennifera - Lemon-scented Sun Orchid Flowering now in the Perth Hills, these orchids can often be found growing in shallow pockets of soil around granite outcrops #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a bright yellow orchid flower standing out against a blurred background
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The race to save one of Australia’s critically endangered terrestrial orchids 🌿 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #conservation www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Army of volunteers races to save one of Australia's rarest orchids
It takes years of work, dozens of volunteers, picky pollinators and a special fungus to save Australia's endangered orchids. Here's why people drive from all over the country to do it anyway.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The wildflowers are really starting to show themselves now in the Perth Hills. Flowers seen today: Craspedia variabilis - Billy Buttons Chamaescilla corymbosa - Blue Stars Kennedia coccinea - Coral Vine Banksia armata - Prickly Dryandra #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Craspedia variabilis - Pom Pom like flower head that is cream in colourChamaescilla corymbosa - bright blueish purple flower with a twisted bud above itKennedia coccinea - a pea-like flower in pinks and orange Banksia armata - close up of a spiky bush with spikes of yellow flowers
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
For all the fans of Australia’s amazingly diverse native wildflowers, vote now for your favourite 🌿🌸🌺 #ozflora #wildoz #abc #scienceweek #nativeplants #bloomscrolling www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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These 10 Aussie wildflowers have superpowers. Pick your favourite
Move over waratahs and banksias! These 10 flowers from the unsung understorey are not just pretty faces, they have surprising tricks up their sleeves.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Some the colour that’s brightening our local Perth Hills bush as we move into the Noongar season of Djilba 🌿🌸🌺 Chamaescilla corymbosa Acacia nervosa Leucopogon capitellatus Philotheca spicata #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #winter
Chamaescilla corymbosa - picture of a bright blue flower with 6 petals Acacia nervosa - cluster of bright yellow wattle flowers that are like pom-poms Leucopogon capitellatus - picture of two small white star shaped flowers that are quite fluffy in texture Philotheca spicata - cluster of small pink star shaped flowers with 5 petals
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid The Bird Orchid has to be one of our more unique looking orchids but you can certainly see where its common name comes from. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia, flowering July to September. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a green orchid flower which is shiny, pale translucent green with darker green veins. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood and there is a long, feather-like labellum
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A few of the varied flowers seen on our wanders today 🌿 Scaevola canescens Banksia menziesii Dillwynia laxiflora Cyanothamnus ramosus ssp anethifolius #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Scaevola canescens - Grey ScarvolaBanksia menziesii - Firewood BanksiaDillwynia laxifloraCyanothamnus ramosus ssp anethifolius
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
More amazing #conservation work from the scientists at Kings Park Botanic Gardens which works towards securing a future fir Western Australia’s stunning Queen of Sheba orchid 💜💛 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants 🌿 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Cloning technique could save rare Queen of Sheba orchid from extinction
There are only 30 critically endangered Queen of Sheba orchids left on earth, but scientists at Kings Park have made a breakthrough that could save them from extinction.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Some of the flowers currently blooming in the Perth Hills: 💙 Conospermum huegelii - Slender Smokebush 🤍 Drosera heterophylla - Swamp Rainbow 💛 Acacia alata - Winger Wattle 💜 Dampiera linearis - Common Dampiera #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Conospermum huegelii - compact blue flower head composed of numerous small flowersDrosera heterophylla - delicate white flower with numerous petals atop a slender stem with the plant’s carnivorous leaves visible Acacia alata - close up of the fluffy yellow Pom Pom-like flowers of the Winged WattleDampiera linearis - purple flower with a ruffled yellow centre
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