Glen Ryan

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Glen Ryan - he/him - wild orchids, Australian flora, landscape art, gardening, head of Parks & Rec at the independent republic of Corunna, NSW. Native plant management at Tilba Nursery, NSW. Commercial imaging + fine-art prints at Silver Dory Productions.

Lysiosepalum involucratum - flowering in the nursery.
Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota) - Tilba Tilba, NSW.
Purple hyacinth orchid (Dipodium punctatum) at Mystery Bay, NSW.
Ratibida columnifera (upright prairie coneflower / 'Mexican hat') in the nursery
Large duck orchid (Caleana major) + sun orchid with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) near Karbeethong, E. Gippsland, VIC.
Microtis parviflora (slender onion orchid) growing amongst the sun orchids at the back of the house - Corunna, NSW.
Sun orchid with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variation near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Rosy hyacinth orchid (Dipodium roseum) still flowering at Christmas, Corunna, NSW.
Late-flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variations near Karbeethong, East Gippsland, VIC.
Dipodium variegatum flowering at Corunna, NSW - summer orchids 2025.
Sun orchids (Thelymitra) growing together in open grassland west of Mallacoota, E. Gippsland, VIC.
Grevillea candelabroides (grafted) flowering in the garden at Corunna, NSW.
Late flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Interesting form of Thelymitra × irregularis (crested sun orchid) near Karbeethong, East Gippsland, VIC.
Black-hooded sun orchid (Thelymitra atronitida) near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Microtis unifolia (common onion orchid) growing amongst the sun orchids at the back of the house, Corunna, NSW.
Crested sun orchid (Thelymitra × irregularis) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Large duck orchid (Caleana major) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC
Some nice variations in the some of the later sun orchids with spots west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Probably the best purple donkey orchids (Diuris punctata) I saw this spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
Cymbidium sauve (Grass-leaf Cymbidium / snake orchid) in the rain at Corunna, NSW.
Sun orchid (Thelymitra) variations growing close together on the edge of Croajingolong NP, VIC.
Rosy hyacinth orchids (Dipodium roseum) out in the light rain at Corunna, NSW.
Thelymitra atronitida (black-hooded sun orchid) near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Roadside onion orchids (Microtis sp.) near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
Nice pink form of Thelymitra ixioides (spotted sun orchid) near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Purple donkey orchids (Diuris punctata) and Trigger plants (Stylidium sp.) on the edge of Croajingalong National Park, East Gippsland, VIC.
Thelymitra × irregularis (crested sun orchid) near the Genoa River, VIC. This beautiful naturally occurring hybrid is thought to be a cross between T. ixioides x T. carnea.
Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora) and pink sun orchid (Thelymitra carnea) flowering close together near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Small pink Caladenia orchid variations near the Mongarlowe River, Monga, NSW.
Thelymitra ixioides (spotted sun orchid) variations growing side by side in open grassland near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus robertsonii) near Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, VIC.
Tailed leek orchid (Prasophyllum appendiculatum) near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
Pink sun orchids (Thelymitra carnea) near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides) near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Trigger plants (Stylidium sp.) and some of the smaller locals dining out on the local vegetation in open grassland near Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, VIC
Slender sun orchids (Thelymitra pauciflora) near Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, VIC.
Early morning purple donkey orchids (Diuris punctata) near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
Sun orchid (Thelymitra) near Genoa, VIC - probably a hybrid between T. ixioides x T.pauciflora (both flowering nearby).
Pink forms of Caladenia alata (fairy fingers) north of Mallacoota, VIC - spring orchids 2025.
Marsh sun orchids (Thelymitra longiloba) on the edge of Croajingolong National Park, East Gippsland, VIC
Tailed leek orchids (Prasophyllum appendiculatum) near Genoa, VIC.
Slender sun orchids (Thelymitra pauciflora) in open grassland on the edge of Croajingalong National Park, East Gippsland, VIC.
Small pink Caladenia orchids near Monga, NSW.
Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos hybrid) and Grevillea plurijuga currently flying the flag for WA flora in the Corunna, NSW garden.
Spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides) near Half Moon, NSW.
Cymbidium sauve (Grass-leaf Cymbidium / snake orchid) at Corunna, NSW.
Purple donkey orchids (Diuris punctata) out in heathland in the edge of Croajingolong NP, E. Gippsland, VIC.
Croajingalong orchids - Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora) and large duck orchid (Caleana major) - Croajingalong National Park, East Gippsland, VIC.
Mongarlowe sun orchids - plants out on roadside verges here were either fairly typical spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides - blue with spots) with the occasional really nice unspotted form.
Red beard orchids (Calochilus paludosus) near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.
Thelymitra longiloba (marsh sun orchid) in open heathland near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
Small pink Caladenia variations near Monga, NSW.
Larger flowering form in this year's patch of Corunna backdoor sun orchids (Thelymitra sp. - prob. T.peniculata).
Saxifraga stolonifera flowering in the nursery.
Spotted sun orchids (Thelymitra ixioides) near Genoa Peak, East Gippsland, VIC.
Crested sun orchid (Thelymitra x irregularis) near Genoa, VIC.
Onion orchids (Microtis sp.) near the Genoa River, VIC.
Caladenia alata (Fairy Fingers/Fairy Orchid) near Mallacoota, VIC.
Spotted sun orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) variations in heathland near Genoa Creek, East Gippsland, VIC.