Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: A leafless saprophytic terrestrial orchid with a green or purplish stem up to 50cm high.
Flowers: 10-50 cream or pale pink flowers with maroon spots in a raceme at the top of a green stem 40-80cm high. The flower stalk and ovary also have maroon spots. The labellum has a band of pale pink hairs towards the tip.
Flowering: October-March.
Fruit: Green capsule turning brown with age.
Leaves: Absent.
Habitat: Usually found growing in association with eucalypts in both wet and dry sclerophyll forests.
Features: Cream or pale pink flowers with maroon spots. No leaves.
Name:
Dipodium From Greek di = two and podion = foot (referring to the 2 stalks on its anthers)
variegatum From Latin = variegated
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green |
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Other Features |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
- |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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