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Arthrochilus rosulatus
Arthrochilus rosulatus, commonly known as rosetted elbow orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to Tropical North Queensland. It has a rosette of bluish green leaves surrounding its base and up to fifteen pale green, insect-like flowers with dark red glands on its labellum.
The rosetted elbow orchid grows in forest in the vicinity of Cooktown, sometimes forming spreading colonies.
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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arthrochilus rosulatus 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.
