A beautiful Caleana major (Flying Duck Orchid, Large Duck Orchid) !
Distribution: Eastern and southern Australia
Although one of its commonly known name is Large Duck Orchid, it is actually quite small :-)
Its flower remarkably resembles a duck in flight !
The flower is an attractant to insects, such as male sawflies which pollinate the flower in a process known as pseudocopulation :-)
In 1986 the orchid was featured on an Australian postage stamp.
Photographer: John Graham
Date: 2021-December-19
Location: Odin Head (near the town of Mt Victoria), Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
It was found in a bushwalk ... from Victoria Brook up to Odin Head via a spiked tree.
More photographs from the bushwalk (including the above orchid) are in this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15KynQbI2-iNzk8WXMPj5lB-DL0-y7tax/view?usp=sharing
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