Glad you all liked it. One common name is "bridal veil orchid" - you can see
why! But then, another common name is "rat's tail orchid"!

On a bushwalk a couple of years ago we saw a huge example growing from the base
of a staghorn very high up in a large tree. Not in bloom unfortunately. 300 mm
lens photo attached. I've been back a couple of times since, but have not yet
caught it flowering. I would estimate its length to be at least 15 feet.

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:08 +1000, Dave Gillingham
wrote:

Went to the QOS show last weekend. The Spring bloomers are just starting to
show. (There's q straight line if ever I saw one!) Many lovely plants there,
but a small selection of the Aussie species & hybrids over the next couple of
nights.

This was a lovely specimen of Dockrillia teretifolia. I was speaking to one of
the judges, who said it just missed out on Champion Specimen.

For the purists who like a good closeup of a bloom, this species typically
presents upside down so that, short of kneeling very awkwardly & then pointing
the camera up, you can't get a good view of the flower :-(
Dave Gillingham
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