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Calochilus herbaceus
Calochilus herbaceus, commonly known as the copper beard orchid or pale beard orchid, is a species of orchid native to south-eastern Australia and northern New Zealand. It has a single very short, rigid, fleshy leaf and up to eight pale green to brownish flowers with reddish stripes and a purple "beard".
In Australia this orchid grows in wet coastal scrub, sedges and heath in southern Victoria and Tasmania (including Flinders Island and King Island). In New Zealand it is found in ephemeral wetlands and peat bogs in Northland, in a few scattered populations from Te Paki south to Albany, Auckland.
Calochilus ammobius · Wiry beard orchid · Blue beard orchid · Copper Beard Orchid · Pallid beard orchid · Slender beard orchid · Giant beard orchid · Ghostly beard orchid · Imperial beard orchid · Metallic beard orchid · Mountain beard orchid · Red beard orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calochilus herbaceus 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.
