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Arthrochilus irritabilis
Arthrochilus irritabilis is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from eastern Queensland woodland, forest and heath that grows from an underground tuber and bears insect-like flowers in summer. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a terrestrial orchid of this type.
Arthrochilus irritabilis, commonly known as clubbed elbow orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to Queensland. It has up to five leaves and up to thirty light greenish or reddish, insect-like flower with reddish, hair-like glands on its labellum. There is a single record of this species from Papua New Guinea.
The clubbed elbow orchid grows in woodland, forest and heath, sometimes forming large colonies. It is widespread and common between Ingham and Brisbane. There is a single record from Papua New Guinea.
Untidy elbow orchid · Dark elbow orchid · Phoringopsis byrnesii · Swamp elbow orchid · Green truffle orchid · Common elbow orchid · Arthrochilus laevicallus · Robust elbow orchid · Glaucous truffle orchid · Montane elbow orchid · Wispy elbow orchid · Rosetted elbow orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arthrochilus irritabilis 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.
