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Crinkle-leaved bunny orchid

Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus

Crinkle-leaved bunny orchid
Photo: John Tann, CC BY 2.0

A small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from Western Australia with a single wavy-edged leaf and up to three greenish, red-marked flowers on a wiry stem. It is a wild native rather than a commonly cultivated plant.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Dormant in summer and grows through winter and spring on winter rain, so water only in its growing season and keep dry while dormant.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil suited to native orchids.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperate conditions; tolerates frost, but protect from extreme heat.
How easy
Hard

About

Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus, commonly known as the crinkle-leaved bunny orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has a common orchid in the wheatbelt and has single narrow egg-shaped leaf with wavy edges and a maroon underside. Up to three dull green, red and white flowers are borne on a wiry flowering stem.

Where it grows

The crinkle-leaved bunny orchid is widespread and common in a wide variety of habitats from woodland to granite outcrops from Northampton to near Esperance and inland as far as Mullewa.

Other Eriochilus plants

Hills Bunny Orchid · Parson's bands · Blunt-leaved bunny orchid · White bunny orchid · Easter bunny orchid · Common bunny orchid · Eastern bunny orchid · White bunny orchid · Scarp Bunny Orchid · Swamp bunny orchid · Magenta autumn orchid · Eriochilus paludosus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. undulatus 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.

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