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Adenochilus nortonii
Also called Australian Gnome Orchid
A small terrestrial orchid from eastern New South Wales, growing from a thin underground rhizome and grown only by specialist orchid enthusiasts. It needs cool, moist, shaded conditions similar to its beech forest habitat.
Adenochilus nortonii, commonly known as the white gnome orchid or Australian gnome orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to a few isolated locations in New South Wales. It has a long, thin underground rhizome, a single leaf and a single white flower with reddish glandular hairs on the outside. Its labellum has red bars and a central band of yellow calli.
The white gnome orchid grows in rock crevices, in sphagnum and near creeks in beech forest, usually above 900 m (3,000 ft). It is found in the Blue Mountains, Barrington Tops and Point Lookout areas.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenochilus nortonii 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.
