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Dingy urchin orchid

Bryobium queenslandicum

Dingy urchin orchid
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bryobium queenslandicum, commonly known as the dingy urchin orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid that has cylindrical, fleshy green pseudobulbs, each with two leaves and between three and twelve small, self-pollinating, cream-coloured or pinkish flowers. This orchid only occurs in tropical North Queensland.

Where it grows

Bryobium queenslandicum grows on trees and rocks in rainforest between the McIlwraith Range and the Tully River.

Other Bryobium plants

Spotted urchin orchid · Brittle urchin orchid · Small urchin orchid · Christmas Island urchin orchid · Bryobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bryobium queenslandicum 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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