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PLANT FACTS |
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Common Name
Elegant Hyacinth Orchid
Description
The Elegant Hyacinth Orchid is a fairly large terrestrial orchid from northern Queensland. The flowers are produced in clusters of up to sixty flowers on a spike in spring and summer from August to December. the individual flowers are pink with some darker spots on the petals and sepals. Like other terrestrial orchids, this species obtains its nutrients from fungus that inhabit the soil. The plant gets its common name from its superficial appearance to the Hyacinth.
Habitat
grows in grassy woodland, open forest on well drained soils
Distribution
Dipodium elegantulum is found in tropical north Queensland.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 50cm - 80cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Dipodium | | Species: | elegantulum | | Common Name: | Elegant Hyacinth Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Dipodium punctatum
Dipodium roseum
Dipodium stenochilum
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