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Arthrochilus
Arthrochilus, commonly called elbow orchids, is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is found in Australia and New Guinea. The flowers are pollinated by male thynnid wasps which attempt to mate with the flower and are held in place by hooks while the pollinium is transferred between insect and flower.
Elbow orchids are found in all states of Australia except Western Australia and in southern Papua New Guinea and on the Torres Strait Islands. The majority of elbow orchid species occur in tropical regions but A. huntianus grows in eastern Australia with the subspecies nothofagicola occurring in Tasmania. The tropical species grow and flower in the summer wet season, usually growing in sand in forest or woodland.
Untidy elbow orchid · Dark elbow orchid · Phoringopsis byrnesii · Swamp elbow orchid · Green truffle orchid · Common elbow orchid · Clubbed elbow orchid · Arthrochilus laevicallus · Robust elbow orchid · Glaucous truffle orchid · Montane elbow orchid · Wispy elbow orchid
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