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Blackall Range midge orchid

Genoplesium cranei

Blackall Range midge orchid is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from a tuber, endemic to the Blackall Range in Queensland, with a single thin leaf and tiny greenish flowers. It is a rare wild species rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so cultivation is difficult and it is not usually sold.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the tuber moist during the growing season and let it dry off as it goes dormant, as in its native seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Shallow, stony, free-draining soil similar to its native open forest habitat.
Temperature
Seasonally dry tropical conditions in its native range; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Genoplesium cranei, commonly known as the Blackall Range midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to the Blackall Range in Queensland. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to twenty small, green to greenish yellow flowers with reddish markings. It grows in open forest with shrubs and grasses.

Where it grows

Genoplesium cranei grows with shrubs and grasses in shallow, stony soil in open forest in the Blackall Range.

Other Genoplesium plants

Corunastylis densa · Genoplesium laminatum · Genoplesium leptochilum · Genoplesium trifidum · Midge Orchids · Pointed midge orchid · Tableland midge orchid · Black midge orchid · Freak midge orchid · Elfin midge orchid · Erect midge orchid · Brittle midge orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genoplesium cranei 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.

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