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Genoplesium anthracinum
Black midge orchid is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from coastal heath in New South Wales, growing from an underground tuber and flowering in autumn. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs native heath conditions and protection from disturbance.
Genoplesium anthracinum, commonly known as the black midge orchid, is a species of small terrestrial orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to thirty small, coal black flowers. It grows in heath in coastal and near-coastal parts of the Northern Rivers area.
Genoplesium anthracinum grows in heath, often colonising disturbed sites and is found between Byron Bay and Wardell.
Corunastylis densa · Genoplesium laminatum · Genoplesium leptochilum · Genoplesium trifidum · Midge Orchids · Pointed midge orchid · Tableland 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 anthracinum 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.
