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BONNET ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Bonnet Orchid
Other Names
Hooded Orchid, Tartan Tongue Orchid
Description
The Bonnet Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with prominent hood or bonnet. The labellum forms the hood and is pale with reddish maroon lines along the veins becoming more solid towards stem end. The other petals and sepals are green and very thin. The plant produces several flowers (up to twelve) in summer from November to March. The plant has a few (one to three) green leaves with purple on the underside. Leaves are lance shaped and grow to about 10 cm to 15 cm long and to 3 cm wide.
Habitat
grows on sandy soil on heathland and woodland in shady areas where it grows in colonies
Distribution
Cryptostylis erecta is found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria and south east Queensland
Growth Characteristics
Height: 15cm - 40cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Cryptostylis | | Species: | erecta | | Common Name: | Bonnet Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Cryptostylis hunteriana
Cryptostylis leptochila
Cryptostylis subulata
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