Orchid family
ORCHIDACEAE in Australia
LILIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Acianthus caudatus Mayfly Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Caladenia flava Cowslip Orchid Wyee, September 2007	Caladenia carnea Pink Fingers Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Caladenia dilatata Green Comb Spider Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Caladenia fragrentisima Scented Spider Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Caladenia oenochila Wine Lipped Spider Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Caladenia verrucosa Mallee Spider Orchid Pink Lakes, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Calochilus robertsonii Purple Beard Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Chiloglottis formicifera Ant Orchid Wyee, September 2011	Cyanicula caerulea Blue Fairy Wyee, August 2009	Cymbidium species Cymbidium Sydney, September 2006	Cyrtostylis reniformis Gnat Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Dendrobium Ekapol Big Panda Burwood, August 2007	Dendrobium speciosum Rock Lily Sydney, September 2006	Dendrobium tetragonum Tree Spider-orchid Wyee, November 2006	Dipodium variegatum Spotted Hyacinth Orchid Wyee, March 2006
Diuris alba White Donkey Wyee, August 2009	Elythranthera brunosis Purple Enamel Orchid Wyee, September 2007	Epidendrum radicans Crucifix Orchid Sydney, September 2006	Glossodia major Wax Lip Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Leptoceras menziesii Hare Orchid Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Lyperanthus suaveolens Brown Beaks Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Petalochilus carnea Pink Fingers Wyee, September 2007	Petalochilus catenata White Fingers Wyee, September 2007
Phalaenopsis hybrid Moth Orchid Sydney, September 2006	Pterostylis curta Blunt Greenhood Wyee, July 2007	Pterostylis nutans Nodding Greenhood Wyee, July 2007	Thelymitra adorata Adorable Orchid North Wyong, September 2007 Photo: courtesy of Boris Branwhite

Orchids are known to be attacked by the caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia, including:

Diathryptica proterva

Sphenarches anisodactylus

Hypolycaena danis