I am delighted to have been invited to be an author on
OrchidNotes and this is my first post. Native Orchids are
fascinating and beautiful. There is an amazing variety, as posts
on this website show. Many are quite small and easily
overlooked, but they are often surprisingly easy to find. They
commonly like open areas and occur next to walking tracks in
national parks. Others are more elusive and only occur in
special locations. Part of a large population of Glossodia major
(Purple Cockatoo) Many orchids are highly adapted and have very
limited habitat requirements. They will flourish when the
conditions are right, but they will disappear when the
conditions change. This means that conserving orchids is
important. They will be lost for ever if there is indiscriminate
modification of areas of habitat and future generations will
miss out. If orchid habitats are kept intact, then habitat for a
great variety of flora and fauna will also be protected. We have
met many people with a love for orchids in their natura