Rosy hyacinth orchid - Dipodium roseum

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Alexander Hassmueller

Lion

Nice lil flower and nice shot Ernst! Posted one month ago
1. Ernst
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you ,Alexander. It is this time in the year about the only orchid I can find. They love the heat. Posted one month ago
2. 1. Alexander Hassmueller
    
    Lion
    
    I see Ernst, here you won‘t find anything because we have frost and snow! Posted one month ago
  2. 1. Ernst
      
      Lion
      
      Yes Alexander, I remember the cold frosty winters in Germany very well. I lived in the Hoch Eifel near the Belgian border and we had severe winters. Posted one month ago

The Rosy hyacinth orchid

Dipodium roseum is a leafless saprophytic orchid found in east and south-eastern Australia. In summer it produces a tall flowering stem with up to fifty pale pink flowers with small, dark red spots. A widespread and common species it is often confused with "D. punctatum" but has darker, less heavily spotted flowers.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions

Species identified by Ernst