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Arthrochilus laevicallus

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Papua New Guinea
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Arthrochilus laevicallus is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is leafless but has up to seven green, insect-like flowers with dark reddish glands on its labellum.

Where it grows

This elbow orchid grows in wet flats in forest in New Guinea.

Other Arthrochilus plants

Untidy elbow orchid · Dark elbow orchid · Phoringopsis byrnesii · Swamp elbow orchid · Green truffle orchid · Common elbow orchid · Clubbed elbow orchid · Robust elbow orchid · Glaucous truffle orchid · Montane elbow orchid · Wispy elbow orchid · Rosetted elbow orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arthrochilus laevicallus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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