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Pink beaks

Pyrorchis forrestii

Pink beaks
Photo: Cal Wood, CC BY 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Pyrorchis forrestii, commonly known as pink beaks, is a species of orchid endemic to Western Australia. It has two or three ground-hugging leaves and up to seven sweetly perfumed, pink and white flowers, but it only flowers after fire the previous summer.

Where it grows

Pyrorchis forrestii grows in winter-wet flat areas between Augusta and Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions.

Other Pyrorchis plants

Red beaks · Beak orchids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrorchis forrestii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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