Elythranthera – known as “enamel orchids” – is a petite genus, endemic to Western Australia’s southwest.
It has just two species-proper, plus one “recognised” other form.
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A suitable title for this post’s hero:
The Lonely Spider
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The “donkey” is an orchid.
The “spider” is an actual spider, on the orchid.
The large orchid is impossible to miss.
However, to enjoy a good look at the tiny spider you should zoom in on/ enlarge the featured image… and then inspect the uppermost part of the donkey orchid.
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…and I don’t mean Bluff Knoll, on which snow has fallen five times during Winter and Spring in 2021 – making this year Western Australia’s snowiest in more than half a century.
I have been “snowed” these past couple of weeks, so the promised flood of posts to celebrate southwest Western Australia’s incredible 2021 Spring has been delayed.
The floodgates will open, soon – flowers galore, but also fire, feathers, rocks, seascapes…
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When in full bloom, yesterday and today’s featured species lives up to its common name, but on one side only.
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The featured image shows Caladenia latifolia – the Pink Fairy.
If you are in southern Australia (Tasmania included), within one hundred kilometres of the Indian or Southern Oceans, and have access to somewhere bushy and sandy, chances are excellent that you can see this species in flower, right now…or very soon.
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Greenhood orchids are currently blooming in Perth’s Kings Park.
Not all of them have green “hoods”!
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Over at least the next several days, more and more spider orchids will emerge in Perth’s Kings Park.
Some of them are “decorated” by actual spiders!
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All photos taken Friday 8 September, 2017, in the bushland of Kings Park…an easy walk (or free bus into the manicured part of Kings Park, then a short walk into its bushland) from Perth’s CBD.
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