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PINK ROCK ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Pink Rock Orchid
Other Names
Small Rock Orchid, Captain King's dendrobium
Description
The Pink Rock Orchid can form large clumps. The pseudobulbs have from two to seven oval leaves about 10cm long and 2cm wide. The flowers are pink or purple and grow in clusters of up to about fifteen. Flowering is mainly from August to November. This species was formerly known as Dendrobium kingianum.
Habitat
found in rainforest and wet eucalypt forest where it grows on rocks and sometimes trees
Distribution
found in eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales
Growth Characteristics
Height: pseudobulb to 30cm with leaves to 10cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Thelychiton | | Species: | kingianus | | Common Name: | Pink Rock Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Thelychiton gracilicaulis
Thelychiton jonesii
Thelychiton moorei
Thelychiton speciosus
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.jpg "Thelychiton kingianus")
