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Pretty Hill leek orchid

Prasophyllum viretrum

Pretty Hill leek orchid
Photo: Kevin Sparrow, CC BY 2.5 au

Prasophyllum viretrum, the Pretty Hill leek orchid, is a rare deciduous terrestrial orchid from south-western Victoria, Australia, with a single tubular leaf and scented greenish-brown flowers in spring. It is a wild species of very limited range and is not commonly grown; cultivation requires moist grassland conditions and protection of wild populations.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist during the growing season, then dry off after the leaf dies down in summer.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or sandy soil, similar to native grassland.
Temperature
Cool to mild, tolerates frost; protect from extreme heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Prasophyllum viretrum, commonly known as Orford leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Victoria. It has a single tubular, dark green leaf and up to thirty five scented, greenish-brown to brownish flowers and is only known from a few small populations in south-western Victoria.

Where it grows

This leek orchid grows in grassland in moist places and is only known from four or five populations near Warrnambool, Orford, Port Fairy and Mortlake in south-west of the state.

Other Prasophyllum plants

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 viretrum 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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