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Chiloglottis diphylla
Chiloglottis diphylla is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid native to eastern Australia, bearing a single flower that mimics a wasp. It is a wild woodland species rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it needs moist, shaded, humusy ground.
Chiloglottis diphylla, commonly known as common wasp orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Australia. It has two broad leaves and a single narrow, greenish brown to reddish flower with a black, insect-like callus covering the upper surface of the labellum.
Common wasp orchid grows in moist places in shrubby forest on the coast and ranges between Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland and Batemans Bay in New South Wales.
Duck's-head wasp orchid · Wollongong bird orchid · Green bird 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 diphylla 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.
