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Corunastylis leptochila
Genoplesium leptochilum is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from one remote forest population in Victoria, Australia, with only six known plants. It is not a commonly grown plant, and its care is poorly documented; it needs moist, shaded conditions like its native forest-swamp habitat.
Genoplesium leptochilum is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to Victoria. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to twenty small reddish-brown to dark purplish flowers. It is known from one population with only six plants in forest near a swamp.
Genoplesium leptochilum grows in forest near a swamp near Lavers Hill where only six plants are known.
Corunastylis densa · Genoplesium laminatum · Genoplesium trifidum · Midge Orchids · Pointed midge orchid · Tableland midge orchid · Black midge orchid · Freak midge orchid · Elfin midge orchid · Erect midge orchid · Brittle midge orchid · Gibraltar Range midge orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genoplesium leptochilum 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.
