Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: A terrestrial orchid up to 40cm high.
Flowers: Up to 12 cream-grey flowers with maroon veins. The labellum is erect and bonnet-shaped.
Flowering: November-March.
Leaves: Solitary, lanceolate to ovate, 8-19cm long and 1.5-3cm wide, evergreen, dark green above and purple on the underside.
Fruit: Green capsule that turns brown as it matures.
Habitat: In sheltered locations in sandy soils in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: The erect, hooded greyish labellum with maroon veins. Leaves green above and purple below.
Name:
Cryptostylis From Greek crypto = to conceal and stylos = a style or column (referring to its flower)
erecta From Latin = erect (referring to its labellum)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Grey, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 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 |
Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Linear |
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Length |
Medium, Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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