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Gastrodia procera
Also called Brindabella Potato Orchid
Gastrodia procera is a leafless, mycotrophic terrestrial orchid from high rainfall forests of southeastern Australia, grown mainly in native plant collections rather than in gardens. It depends on fungi in the soil and cannot be grown like ordinary orchids, so it is best left in the wild.
Gastrodia procera, commonly known as tall potato orchid, is a leafless terrestrial mycotrophic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has a robust, dark brown to blackish flowering stem with up to seventy cinnamon brown, tube-shaped flowers that are white inside. It grows in high rainfall forest in southeastern Australia.
Tall potato orchid is widespread and common in high rainfall forest south from the Barrington Tops in New South Wales, through the Australian Capital Territory and southeastern Victoria to Tasmania.
Gastrodia africana · Gastrodia agnicellus · Gastrodia amamiana · Cooper's black potato orchid · Dense potato orchid · Potato orchid · Tall Gastrodia · Brindabella potato orchid · Gastrodia gunatillekeorum · Gastrodia javanica · Gastrodia kuroshimensis · Western Potato Orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gastrodia procera 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.
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.
