Jug Orchid (Pterostylis recurva) in cultivation in King's Park, Perth, Western Australia. Photographed on 20 August 1977.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.
D'Aguilar National ParkSome plants in flower. Each year, the plant dies back and regrows. When the conditions are right and it has a good food store in its roots, it will put up a tall stem with long, narrow leaves - quite different from the rosette of leaves when its in food storage mode. This time it it all about the flower, and what a lovely flower it is!
D'Aguilar National ParkParts of the flower look almost transparent. I was told that the reason why they are called "nodding" is because the flower droops forwards and downwards from the stalk, almost as if the flower is nodding or bowing.
This orchid likes shady locations next to large granite rocks. The flowering plants do not have a rosette of leaves. Those not flowering grow close to each other covering large areas of ground with their rosettes of leaves. I didn't think to take a photo of the rosettes. :((Photos: Jean
