Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: An epiphytic or occasionally lithophytic mat-forming orchid with thick branching stems.
Flowers: Racemes of 6-20 fragrant white flowers. The petals and sepals are slender and spreading 1.5-2cm long. The labellum has a ruffled mid-lobe.
Flowering: September-October.
Fruit: Green capsule.
Leaves: Ovate, 2-3cm long, thick, flat, leathery and with deep longitudinal grooves.
Habitat: On rock surfaces or on trees in wet- and dry-sclerophyll forests. Also may be found in rainforest on exposed rocky sites.
Features: Racemes of white flowers with spreading petals. Prostrate, wiry stems rooting freely. Mat forming on rock surfaces.
Name:
Dockrilla After the Australian author and naturalist Alick William Dockrill.
linguiformis From Latin = tongue-shaped (referring to its labellum)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10 |
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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 |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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