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Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum

Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum
Photo: Betty and Don Wood, CC BY 3.0 au

Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum is a small native leek orchid from the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, grown mainly by orchid enthusiasts. It is a terrestrial tuberous plant that dies back after flowering, so it needs a cool, dry rest period and careful watering.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately while the single leaf is growing, then keep nearly dry during the summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix with some loam, kept lightly moist in the growing season.
Temperature
5–25 °C; tolerates cool winters and frost, avoid prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single tubular, bright green leaf and up to forty five scented, dark greenish-brown to brownish-red flowers with a green to pinkish labellum. It grows in grassy places in a restricted area on the Southern Tablelands.

Where it grows

This leek orchid grows between Cathcart and Tantawangalo, usually in grassy flat areas.

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 wilkinsoniorum 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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