Dockrillia striolata (Streaked Rock Orchid)
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Lithophyte Pigeon House Mountain on Nowra Sandstone. Possibly Dendrobium striolatum, syn. Dockrillia striolata
Photograph by Poyt448 Peter Woodard. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Streaked Rock Orchid
Other Names
Dendrobium striolatum
Description
The Streaked Rock Orchid is a fairly small lithophyte from south eastern Australia. The flowers are cream or yellow with darker streaks of reddish or purple near the base. The labellum or lip is white. Flowers are fragrant and about 3 cm across with one or two per stem. flowering is in spring. The fleshy leaves are long and narrow and grooved with a circular cross section, growing to about 10 cm long and 3 mm in diameter. The leaves grow from a rhizome, which sends out thick white roots. There are a number of named varieties with different flower colour variations.
Habitat
grows on rocks and cliffs in eucalypt forest and rainforest
Distribution
Dockrillia striolata is found in south east New South Wales, eastern Victoria and eastern Tasmania
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Dockrillia | | Species: | striolata | | Common Name: | Streaked Rock Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Dockrillia bowmanii
Dockrillia cucumerina
Dockrillia linguiformis
Dockrillia schoenina
Dockrillia teretifolia
Dockrillia wassellii
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