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Chiloglottis formicifera
Also called Ant Orchid
Chiloglottis formicifera, commonly known as common ant orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has two broad leaves and a single narrow, greenish or reddish flower with a black, ant-like callus covering most of the upper surface of the labellum. There is a single record of this species from New Zealand.
Common ant orchid grows in moist places in forest between the Northern Tablelands and Nowra. There is a single historical record from Kaitaia in New Zealand.
Duck's-head wasp orchid · Wollongong bird orchid · Green bird orchid · Common wasp 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 formicifera 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.
