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Small spur orchid

Crepidium lawleri

Small spur orchid
Photo: Lewis Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Crepidium lawleri, commonly known as the small spur orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to tropical far north Queensland. It is an evergreen, terrestrial orchid with an upright stem, dark green leaves and up to ten greenish cream-coloured flowers well spaced along a brittle flowering stem.

Where it grows

The small spur orchid grows in shady places near swamps between Ayton and Cooktown.

Other Crepidium plants

Crepidium binabayense · Crepidium dentatum · Crepidium elegans · Fringed spur orchid · Dienia flavovirens · Yellow spur orchid · Pouched spur orchid · Crepidium quadridentatum · Crepidium quadrilobum · Crepidium ramosii · Crepidium rheedei · Crepidium tjiwideiense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepidium lawleri 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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