The Blue Fairy is an orchid and is one of the prettiest flowers in the forest. It likes to grow in the shade and is most often found when the weather is cooler as Blue Fairies don’t like the hot weather.

Blue Fairies grow between 5 and 18cm high. So the short ones are only the same height as me. I can stand beneath the tall ones, though with their hairy green or reddish stems they don’t feel nice to lean against.

The flowers have four long, blue sepals to the sides and front with one more standing up at the back. The centre part is called the lip and looks just like a tongue sticking out.

Sometimes, when I see a Blue Fairy, I stick out my tongue back. But I’m always careful that no one is looking, as it’s not really very polite!

The Blue Fairy is a perennial flower, so it lives for more than two years. It usually flowers from June to September, so Queen Jasmine must have used magic to make it flower for the Songbird Festival.

It’s not often you see blue or purple in the forest, so I’m always extra happy to find a patch of Blue Fairies.

It’s one of my favourite surprises!