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Calochilus cleistanthus
Pallid beard orchid is a small, leafless, deciduous terrestrial orchid from a tuber, known only from a single swampy site on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. It is a wild species rarely if ever cultivated, so it is not a practical garden plant.
Calochilus cleistanthus, commonly known as the pallid beard orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Queensland. It has up to four small, pale green to yellowish green flowers which remain closed and the plant is apparently leafless. It is only known from a single location on the Cape York Peninsula.
The pallid beard orchid grows in swampy places with rushes and sedges in woodland and is only known from the type location.
Calochilus ammobius · Wiry beard orchid · Blue beard orchid · Copper Beard Orchid · Slender beard orchid · Giant beard orchid · Pale beard orchid · Ghostly beard orchid · Imperial beard orchid · Metallic beard orchid · Mountain beard orchid · Red beard orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calochilus cleistanthus 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.
