At least twenty species of orchid, all endemic to lutruwita/Tasmania, are found on the slopes of kunanyi of which eleven are illustrated in this painting:

Spider orchids
• Calendenia cracens D.L.Jones 1996 Elegant Calendenia.
• Calendenia echidnachila Nicholls 1933 Fawn Spider Orchid Described by William Nicholls and published in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.
• Calendenia caudata Nicholls 1948 Tailed spider orchid. Described by William Henry Nicholls in 1948 and the description was published in The Victorian Naturalist.

Bird orchids
• Chiloglottis gunnii Lindl. 1840 Tall bird orchid. Formally described in 1840 by John Lindley in his book The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants. The specific epithet (gunnii) honours Ronald Campbell Gunn, who collected the type specimen which was sent to William Jackson Hooker who forwarded it to Lindley.
• Chiloglottis triceratops D.L.Jones 1998 Three-horned bird orchid.
• Chiloglottis grammata G.W.Carr. 1991 Small bird orchid.

Leek orchids
• Prasophyllum alpinum R.Br. 1810 Alpine leek orchid. First formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.
• Prasophyllum amoenum D.L.Jones 1998 Dainty Leek orchid.
Greenhood orchid
• Pteristylis dubia R.Br. 1810 Blue-tongued greenhood. Description was published in 1810 in Robert Brown’s Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.
Sun orchid
• Thelymitra erosa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1998 Striped sun orchid.

Beech orchid
• Townsonia viridis (Hook.f.) Schltr. Beech orchid. Described by Joseph Dalton Hooker who gave it the name Acianthus viridis and published the description in Flora Antarctica. In 1911 Rudolf Schlechter changed the name to Townsonia viridis.

Thank you to Malcolm Wells for his expertise in identifying and helping me to locate the species used in this painting.