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Duck's-head wasp orchid

Chiloglottis anaticeps

Duck's-head wasp orchid
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Chiloglottis anaticeps is a small, deciduous, tuberous terrestrial orchid from the New England Tableland of New South Wales, with two narrow leaves and one greenish brown or reddish flower. It is a wild species of tall forest and granite outcrops, rarely grown in gardens, and cultivation is difficult outside its native habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
How easy
Hard
Native range
ENE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Chiloglottis anaticeps, commonly known as the duck's-head wasp orchid or bird orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the New England Tableland of New South Wales. It has two narrow leaves and a single greenish brown or reddish flower with a shiny, dark green callus occupying most of the top of the labellum. One end of the callus looks like a tiny duck's head.

Where it grows

The duck's-head wasp orchid grows in tall forest and near granite outcrops in the New England, Werrikimbe and Cathedral Rock National Parks.

Other Chiloglottis plants

Wollongong bird orchid · Green bird orchid · Common wasp orchid · Common ant orchid · Small bird orchid · Tall bird orchid · Mountain bird orchid · Northern wasp orchid · Spade-lipped wasp orchid · Winged ant orchid · Clustered bird orchid · Short-clubbed wasp orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chiloglottis anaticeps 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.

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