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Prasophyllum solstitium is a deciduous terrestrial leek orchid from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, growing from an underground tuber with a single tubular leaf and crowded fragrant flowers. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it is best grown in cool, open grassland conditions similar to its natural habitat.
Prasophyllum solstitium is a species of orchid endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It has a single tubular, bright green leaf and up to thirty five greenish-pink to purplish-red flowers crowded on the flowering stem. It grows in grassland on heavy basalt soil.
This leek orchid grows in grassland on heavy, black basaltic soil on the New England Tableland.
Genoplesium mucronatum · Prasophyllum abblittiorum · Heathland leek orchid · Prasophyllum albovirens · Prasophyllum album · Mauve leek orchid · Alpine leek orchid · Dainty leek orchid · Pretty Hill leek orchid · Tapered leek orchid · Prasophyllum argillaceum · Prasophyllum asinantum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prasophyllum solstitium 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.
