Blotched hyacinth orchid

This terrestrial saprophyte grows in open eucalypt forest. Being a saprophyte, this orchid has no leaves but the flower stem is the only part which emerges above ground.

The flower stem grows to about 100 cm tall with up to 50 flowers about 18 mm across. The flowers are light pink with darker spots.

This orchid is very similar to Dipodium variegatum but can be easily separated as it does not have spotting on the ovary and pedicel. 

It is also very similar to Dipodium roseum which has very little spotting on the strongly recurved petals and sepals.