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Corybas
Also called Helmet Orchids, Spider Orchids
Corybas, commonly known as helmet orchids, is a genus of about 120 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Helmet orchids are small, perennial, deciduous herbs and are nearly always terrestrial. They have a single leaf at their base and a single flower on a short stalk, the flower dominated by its large dorsal sepal and labellum. Species of Corybas are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, many Pacific islands and a few sub-Antarctic islands.
Pollination appears to be achieved by small insects, possibly mistaking the unusual flowers for fungi. Helmet orchids have not often been studied, partly because of their short-lived, inconspicuous flowers but also because the flowers are difficult to preserve as herbarium specimens. Many form clonal colonies but it is not known whether this is a characteristic of all species.
Swamp helmet orchid · Nodding helmet orchid · Cradle Orchid · Dancing spider orchid · Fairy lanterns · Swamp helmet orchid · Red helmet orchid · Cheesemans spider orchid · Corybas circinatus · Corybas confusus · Hidden spider orchid · Corybas dentatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corybas (plant) by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
