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HYACINTH ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Hyacinth Orchid
Other Names
Christmas orchid
Description
The Hyacinth Orchid is a fairly large terrestrial orchid with stems to three quarters of a metre tall. The flowers have a superficial resemblance to a hyacinth flower, hence the common name. It produces clusters of pink flowers in summer from November to March. The individual flowers are star shaped and about 5 cm across with darker pink or purple spots on the petals and sepals. The plant has very small insignificant leaves. It is a saprophytic orchid - it obtains food from organic matter in the soil. The fruit is a capsule containing fine dust like seed. It is similar to the Rosy Hyacinth Orchid (Dipodium roseum)
Habitat
grows in shady position in woodland, dry forest and wet eucalypt forest
Distribution
Dipodium punctatum is found in eastern New South Wales, south east Queensland, Victoria, south east parts of South Australia
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.75m
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Dipodium | | Species: | punctatum | | Common Name: | Hyacinth Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Dipodium elegantulum
Dipodium roseum
Dipodium stenochilum
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.jpg "Dipodium punctatum")
.jpg "Dipodium punctatum")
