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The drought this year made finding these orchids much harder than usual - so all the more enjoyable when we did.
Photographed in 2006 in the Brisbane Ranges and Grampians Nation Parks.
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Details (Vic): Flowering: Flowering October to April, mainly November to January. Size: Up to 18cm tall, flower - 1 to 7, to 15mm long. Position: scattered - found in open forests, woodlands and heathlands on well drained soils. Endemic, Secure.
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 Typical of the habitat that the Small Duck grows in. As it is usually summer the area is dry in slight shade. In sands to gravelly soils. |
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| This year I learnt how tohand pollenate this
orchid (and the large as well) - it's quite simplereally. Using a toothpick, collect the yellow pollen (as seen above) and place this pollen onto another duck orchid in the area just behind the pollen sack - the circular shiny area. That's all it takes. |
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