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Hyacinth Orchids are fairly common and usually grow in open forest.

Most species have no leaves but there are two that do.

The leafless species are parasitic, existing in a symbiotic relationship with a fungi and a host plant species.

They flower from November to March.each year, carrying their flowrs on tall stems.

 

 

 

Blotched Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium punctatum)

Blotched Hyacinth Orchid growing on the slopes of Donkey Mountain.

 

Hyacinth Orchid near the Kedumba River in the Jamison Valley

 

Hyacinth Orchid near theGlen Shale Mine in the Megalong Valley. 

 

Hyacinth Orchid near the Glen Shale Mine in the Megalong Valley. 

 

The Hyacinth Orchid has no leaves and nothing to make chlorophyll.  It grows in open forest & woodland.

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