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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits
These pages will
feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you
are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.
Information given for each species
will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it flowered, and where it was photographed, and
the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.
See some
of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Elythranthera brunonis Purple Enamel Orchid, Purple Enamelled Orchid
A shining purple orchid with five petals, several flowers on a
stem, spotted buds. Colours vary through purples to pink. The white tipped labellum is curved up over itself 180 degrees.
Spring
Bridgetown,
South West Region, and found through much of the South West, Wheat Belt and Great Southern regions, and the south coast to Esperance.
Eremaea beaufortioides Round Leaf Eremaea, Orange Eremaea
Low shrub with bright orange flowers consisting of a ring of fine orange
spikes with yellow tips, and are a similar flowers to Eucalyptus.
Spring
Nangetty-Walkaway Road and found on the coastal strip
of the Mid West and Wheatbelt Regions, from the Geraldton area to Perth
Elythranthera emarginata, Pink Enamel Orchid
Pink Enamel Orchids can come in shades of mauve to pink, petals are more pointed and
less curled back than Elythranthera brunonis, Purple Enamel Orchid. It also has a different shaped column, and grows from a
single leaf which is slightly more rounded than the Purple Enamel Orchid leaf. Dark pink spots of buds (rear of petals),
with spotting sometime evident on the face of the flower. The white tipped labellum is curved under itself 180 degrees then recurves
180 degrees back again, with a blunt tip.
October
Bridgetown and Boyup Brook areas, and occurs through the South West, Great
Southern, and Perth regions, and extends into the wheatbelt and along the coast to the north of Perth.
Differences between Elythranthera brunonis Purple Enamel Orchid and Elythranthera emarginata, Pink Enamel Orchid.
Elythranthera
brunonis Purple Enamel Orchid (in any shade) have shorter stumpier petals, often turn back at the tip like these, long stems, and
a white labellum tip curls upwards 180°. Column ‘hood’ is more cupped. Maroon spots on the backs of petals. The leaf is elongated
and the stems quite tall. Maroon markings on rear of leaf.
Elythranthera emarginata, Pink Enamel Orchid, have larger flatter
flowers, with short stems, often with spotting showing on the front as well as the backs of petals. They are not quite a shiny
as the purples. The white tipped labellum is curved under itself 180 degrees then recurves 180 degrees back again, with a blunt tip.
Column ‘hood’ is curved but not as much as on Elythranthera brunonis. The leaf is wider and shorter and appears a little hairy.
The name emarginata means slightly indented at the leaf tip.
Hybrids can occur.
