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Genoplesium tasmanicum
Genoplesium tasmanicum is a small, deciduous terrestrial orchid from Tasmania, grown from an underground tuber with a single thin leaf and dark purplish-black and green flowers. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so care notes are general and it is best left in its natural habitat.
Genoplesium tasmanicum, commonly known as the Tasmanian midge orchid, is a species of small terrestrial orchid that is endemic to Tasmania. It has a single thin leaf and up to twenty five dark purplish-black and green flowers. It is widespread and common at lower altitudes.
Genoplesium tasmanicum is widespread and common in Tasmania where it mostly grows with herbs, shrubs or grasses at altitudes up to 250 m (800 ft).
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 tasmanicum 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.
