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Acianthus cuneatus, the New England mosquito orchid, is a small deciduous terrestrial orchid from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, growing from a tuber in open forest. It is a wild native rarely grown in gardens, and it needs cool, moist, sheltered woodland conditions and a dormant rest period.
Acianthus cuneatus, commonly known as New England mosquito orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a terrestrial herb with a single, heart-shaped leaf and up to seven translucent greenish flowers with purplish stripes and is found growing in sheltered slopes in open forest.
This orchid grows on slopes and in sheltered areas in tall open forest on the higher parts of the Northern Tableland between Coolah Tops and Tenterfield in New South Wales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acianthus cuneatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
