Thanks Shelley for the list - I'm fortunate too in that we have a highly regarded botanist not long moved into the area plus I have a friend who is a member of an Aust. orchid group so between the two we have a wonderful resource for id-ing any mystery indigenous plants, bulbs, lilies, orchids etc. Photos would be lovely when found! Terry On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Shelley Gage <s.gage100@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Dear Terry,Here is the list of orchids at the first location. We visited > there in April 1993 so goodness knows what is there now.Genoplesium > acuminatumEriochilus cucullatusPterostylus nutansPterostylus > ophioglossaAcianthus fornicatusLiparis habenarinaGeodorum > densiflorumCaladenia carneaCaladenia caternataThelymitra > paucifloraLyperanthus suaveolensGenoplesion archeriGenoplesium > pumilumArthrochilus irritablisI can't find the list for the second location > which was a few kilometres away but I have an annotation to say there were > 9 orchids there. Alan Dokrill who was revising Pterostylus at the time was > with us and there were a number of knowledgeable orchid people as well for > I would never have been able to identify so many without their expertise.I > visited the area to show friends a month later and instead of fairy orchids > everywhere it was Diurus. I plan to spend some time in the area when I > retire in a couple of years. When I come across the photos from this trip I > will try to > post them.Shelley > > Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 18:52:14 +1000 > > From: frewintp@gmail.com > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Australian Terrestrial Orchids > > > > Hello Paul and Shelley - to put my two bobs worth in about our lovely > > terrestrial orchids, I have a very similar range as you Paul, plus > > Hyacinth, Gastrodia and the rare and it is thought endemic, Violet Town > > Spider orchid (*Caladenia *species affinity *rosella *(Violet Town). > They > > may not be as colourful as their cousins in the west but are very > > delicately beautiful all the same. I've never tried to grow any beyond a > > couple of Pterostylus species, but I doubt they're easy. I'd be > interested > > in your list Shelley, for any future trips north. Terry > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Paul T. <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au> > wrote: > > > > > Shelley et al, > > > > > > There are a lot more Aussie terrestrial orchids > > > than just those over in Western Australia. They > > > grow throughout NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South > > > Australia and I am sure you have some relatively > > > local ones in Queensland too. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > terry frewin > > 661 upper boho road > > boho 3669 > > 03 5790 8635 > > 0429 908 635 > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- terry frewin 661 upper boho road boho 3669 03 5790 8635 0429 908 635