SERIES 36 | Episode 33

Clarence visits an orchid nursery north of Sydney where all the orchids can be seen growing in a natural setting.

Many orchids are epiphytes – they grow on other plants or trees without drawing nutrients from them. Instead, the orchids survive on rain and organic debris that falls on them for their nourishment.

Other orchids are lithophytes, attaching themselves to rocks, although they draw their nutrients in the same way.

Clarence looks at five native Dendrobium orchids that can be easily introduced to a garden.

Pink Rock Orchid

This tough, well-known orchid grows along Australia’s east coast, thriving on rock faces and in leaf litter. It handles both direct sun and drought. In spring the pink flowers are produced in mass. These orchids and many other dendrob

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