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either side of the brown bonnet-like flower give the plant 
its local name. 
Green-Hoods ( Pterostylis nutans). — Found in grassy 
places, these little green flowers spring from tiny bulbs. 
One leaf comes like a minute waterlily leaf and then the 
bower-stem. Shaped like a Horned Orchid, but is smaller 
and has no horns. Blooms in September. 
Pixie-Caps (Acianthus exsertus). — These quaint 
bowers love shady scrub (rain-forest) borders. They have 
one leaf and a spike hung with tiny caps of brown. 
(“ Fairies’ Hat-racks.”) They come in September. 
“ Pinkies Caladenia carnea . 
[Photo liy Hilda Geissmann. 
Cradle Orchid {Cory smithes bicalcarata) . — In the 
shade of Bracken ( Pteris aquilina) and Blady Grass 
( Imperata ) these little white cradles, each with a purple 
lining, rest on their green leaves. Just one leaf, oval in 
shape, and one cradle-like bower on each leaf, come from 
the wee round bulbs. Comes in May. 
Climbing Orchid ( Galeola sp.). — This grows in open 
country and is a leabess orchid putting out a long creeping 
shoot. This climbs the nearest tree, clinging by small 
rootlets, and then the buds shoot from this stem. Olive- 
green bowers on stems 3 or 4 in. long hang from the main 
stem. Blooms in September. 
