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Small wasp orchid

Chiloglottis sylvestris

Small wasp orchid
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
SE. Queensland to CE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Chiloglottis sylvestris, commonly known as small wasp orchid, is a small, delicate species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has two dark green leaves and a single greenish pink flower with a reddish black, insect-like callus surrounded by fine, radiating, red, club-shaped calli on two-thirds of the base of the labellum.

Where it grows

Small wasp orchid grows in moist places in tall forest and rainforest between Eungella in Queensland and Robertson in New South Wales.

Other Chiloglottis plants

Duck's-head wasp orchid · 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chiloglottis sylvestris 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.

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