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Prasophyllum albovirens

Prasophyllum albovirens
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0

Prasophyllum albovirens is a deciduous terrestrial orchid from a tuber, native to grassy woodland on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a wild species, not a common garden plant, and is grown mainly by native orchid enthusiasts who need to replicate its woodland conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season in late winter and spring, then keep nearly dry while the plant is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy loam or a terrestrial orchid mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperatures suited to its temperate native climate; protect from hard frost and extreme summer heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Prasophyllum albovirens is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single tubular, dark green leaf and ten to twenty, sweetly-scented, pale green flowers with faint darker stripes, the labellum green with white edges. It grows in grassy woodland in scattered places on the Northern Tablelands.

Where it grows

This leek orchid grows in grassy white box (Eucalyptus albens) or Callitris woodland in scattered populations on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, including near Currabubula, the Narrabri and Inverell districts, and Mount Kaputar National Park, at altitudes of 350 to 600 m (1,150 to 1,970 ft).

Other Prasophyllum plants

Genoplesium mucronatum · Prasophyllum abblittiorum · Heathland leek orchid · Prasophyllum album · Mauve leek orchid · Alpine leek orchid · Dainty leek orchid · Pretty Hill leek orchid · Tapered leek orchid · Prasophyllum argillaceum · Prasophyllum asinantum · Three Hummock leek orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prasophyllum albovirens 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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