WA ORCHID SPECTACULAR 2017 FOUR DAY TOUR

Tour 1: 7–10 August 2017 Tour 2: 8–11 August 2017

Notes for attendees

The four day tour will comprise two identical trips staged one day apart. The first trip departs from Perth on Monday 7 August and will be led by Andrew Brown author of ‘Orchids of Western Australia’ and ‘Field Guide to the Orchids of Western Australia’. The second trip departs on Tuesday 8 August and will be led by Garry Brockman co-author of ‘Field Guide to the Orchids of Western Australia’.

The daily itinerary is tentative and may be subject to change. If we hear of particularly good orchid populations that are not currently included it may be modified to incorporate them. Some currently listed locations may also be removed if it is found they do not contain good orchid populations this year. It is anticipated, however, that most locations listed here will be visited during the trip.

We will do four planned orchid stops most days but, if time permits, will also do one or two additional opportunistic stops. The amount of time spent at each planned orchid stop will vary depending on the number of orchids seen but will usually be around 45 minutes. Opportunistic stops will generally be around 30 minutes. We will also have two comfort stops each day, some of these coinciding with orchid stops.

Orchids listed for each site are the ones that we are most likely to see but are not guaranteed with species/numbers seen dependent on seasonal influences in 2017. Note: We are also likely find species that are not listed. Species with a ? are at the beginning or the end of their flowering season or are very rare, but may be seen if we are lucky.

Please do not wander too far from the group and try and keep others in sight at all times. Also note that the flora in Western Australia is protected so please do not pick flowers and be careful where you are treading. Some Western Australian orchids are very small and are not always obvious. Care should be taken not to trample the associated native vegetation.

We will have a range of books on orchids and other flora on the bus. Feel free to look at them whist we are travelling. Please make sure they are back in the box at the end of the day.

The trip is designed to be informal so relax and enjoy and feel free to ask questions about orchids and other flora.

Proposed itinerary and route (Perth–Dongara–Kalbarri–Dongara–Perth)

Itinerary

Day 1 Perth – Dongara Perth Hotel Rendezvous depart 8am Bindoon Bullbarnet Moora (toilet) Badgingarra Brand Highway (toilet) Coolimba Dongara - arrive 5pm for night (May see up to 15 different orchids)

Day 2 Dongara – Kalbarri Dongara - depart 8:30am Oakabella Northampton ( toilet) Yerina Springs Kalbarri coast Kalbarri - arrive 5pm for night (May see up to 16 different orchids)

Day 3 Kalbarri – Dongara Kalbarri - depart 8am Ajana Ogilvie Northampton (toilet) East Yuna Coalseam National Park (toilet) Dongara - arrive 5pm for night (May see up to 18 different orchids)

Day 4 Dongara – Perth Dongara - depart 8am Mt Adams Three Springs (toilet) Watheroo Bindoon (toilet) Perth Hotel Rendezvous arrive 5:30pm (May see up to 17 different orchids)

Proposed route

Proposed route

Orchids that may be seen (species with a? are at the beginning or the end of their flowering season or are very rare, but may be seen if we are lucky)

Day 1 Day 3

Caladenia aff. hiemalis Caladenia flava subsp. maculata Caladenia bicalliata? Caladenia incrassata? Caladenia crebra? Caladenia longicauda subsp. borealis? Caladenia exilis subsp. vanleeuwenii Caladenia longicauda subsp. minima? Caladenia flava subsp. flava Caladenia nobilis Caladenia longicauda subsp. Bulbarnet? Caladenia pachychila? Cyrtostylis huegelii? Caladenia pluvialis Diuris brumalis Caladenia reptans subsp. impensa Diuris corymbosa? Caladenia roei? Pheladenia deformis Caladenia vulgata Pterostylis microglossa? Caladenia wanosa? Pterostylis sanguinea Diuris recurva Pterostylis scabra Diuris refracta? Pterostylis scitula Pheladenia deformis Thelymitra antennifera Pterostylis scabra?

Pterostylis sp. inland Day 2 Thelymitra campanulata? Thelymitra spiralis? Caladenia bigeminata?

Caladenia elegans Day 4 Caladenia flava subsp. maculata Caladenia footeana Caladenia denticulata subsp. denticulata? Caladenia longicauda subsp. borealis? Caladenia denticulata subsp. rubella? Caladenia nobilis Caladenia dundasiae Caladenia vulgata Caladenia exilis subsp. exilis Diuris oraria? Caladenia flava subsp. flava Diuris recurva Caladenia footeana Diuris refracta? Caladenia hirta subsp. rosea? Pheladenia deformis Caladenia nobilis Prasophyllum gracile? Caladenia roei? Pterostylis platypetala Diuris brumalis Pterostylis sanguinea Diuris perialla? Pterostylis sinuata? Ericksonella saccharata? Thelymitra antennifera Pheladenia deformis

Pterostylis sanguinea Pterostylis scabra Pterostylis sp. inland Thelymitra antennifera