Acianthus fornicatus (Pixie Caps)
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orchid flowering at Chatswood West, Australia. Probably Acianthus fornicatus
Photograph by Poyt448 Peter Woodard. License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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Orchid underleaf, Chatswood. probably Acianthus_fornicatus
Photograph by Poyt448 Peter Woodard. License: Public Domain. (view image details)
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PIXIE CAPS FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Pixie Caps
Description
Acianthus fornicatus is a terrestrial orchid. The flower is greenish with red stripes along the length of the petals. The top of the flower forms a semi transparent hood giving it its common name of Pixie Caps. The flowers are about1 cm long and produced late autumn and winter (May to August). The heart shaped leaves grow from the base of the plant and are green above with a purple tinge below, growing to about 4 cm long. The fruit is a green capsule
Habitat
found in moist eucalypt forest and drier scrubland
Distribution
coastal New South Wales and south east Queensland, less common in northern parts of east coast Queensland.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10cm - 20cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Acianthus | | Species: | fornicatus | | Common Name: | Pixie Caps |
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