As Melbourne’s urban sprawl continues so the pressure on the remaining patches of bushland increases …
Leafless terrestrial orchid with a thick subterranean rhizome […]
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Cultivation Impossible to grow.
— Native Plants of Melbourne and Adjoining Areas by David Jones, Barbara Jones (Page 117)
This is pallid brown Gastrodia sesamoides, flowering around bushfire season in the hills and eastern suburbs, smelling of spice, from up to half a metre above the ground!