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These orchids are big, bright and easy to see- they really
do stand out in the forest. So we were driving around this way then
that, trying to find one - we saw many roseum's but no Purple. We
took a wrong turn and found ourselves at a dead end, we turned around and
Mischa saw a flash - perhaps just another roseum? We stopped anyway
and took a closer look - it was behind a barb wire fence - but it was
obvious this was not a roseum but our quarry - the purple hyacinth! It was only when we had finished did we note the "Beware of Dog" sign! Photographed in the Gippsland area. |
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Details (Vic): Flowering: Flowering December to March, mainly January to February. Size: Up to 100cm tall, flowers - usually 20 to 60, to 25mm across. Location: Found in open forests and woodlands, drier ridges and river valleys and in coastal areas. Well drained soils. Endemic, Secure.
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