Orchids at Jervis Bay "suburbia"

There is plenty of "suburbia" at Jervis Bay, but in one particular stretch of road there are thousands of Orchids growing in a patch of plain suburban roadside. The soil is "just right" for them obviously and the locals seem to leave them alone, for which we are all deeply grateful.

Petalochilus pictus (formerly Caladenia picta) puts on the best display I have ever seen, in deep sandy soil, just on the edge of the suburban road, close to the coast here at Jervis Bay. 

Group of Petalochilus pictus

Petalochilus pictus - pink form and white form

Tight group of Petalochilus pictus

Double flower stem - Petalochilus pictus

Portrait of Petalochilus pictus

A nice pink form of Petalochilus pictus

study image of column, labellum and dorsal sepal - Petalochilus pictus

There were many hundreds of other orchid species growing in the same stretch of road and I will show these over the next few night.