Cryptostylis subulata (Large Tongue Orchid)
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Probably Cryptostylis subulata
Photograph by Poyt448 Peter Woodard. License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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LARGE TONGUE ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Large Tongue Orchid
Description
The Large Tongue Orchid is a ground orchid from south eastern Australia. the plant produces up to fourteen flowers. The flower has a large labellum which is green becoming red towards the tip. There are dark stripes along the inside of the labellum ending on a warty callus near the tip. The green petals and sepals are long and narrow, and much less prominent than the labellum. Flowering is in spring and summer from October to March. The leaves are dark green, long and lance shaped growing to 30 cm long and 3 cm wide.
Habitat
found in swampy heathland and also in eucalypt woodland in coastal areas and ranges
Distribution
The Large Tongue Orchid is found in eastern New South Wales, south east Queensland, Victoria, eastern South Australia and Tasmania
Growth Characteristics
Height: 80cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Cryptostylis | | Species: | subulata | | Common Name: | Large Tongue Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Cryptostylis erecta
Cryptostylis hunteriana
Cryptostylis leptochila
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