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Rhizanthella omissa is a subterranean orchid from Lamington National Park in Queensland that lives and flowers entirely underground, depending on fungi for nutrients. It is not a plant that can be grown in a garden or home, and it is listed as endangered.
Rhizanthella omissa is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family and is found in the Lamington National Park in Queensland. It is a subterranean herb that grows in casuarina forest and flowers underground. It was first formally described in 2006 by David Jones and Mark Clements in the journal The Orchadian. The species is listed as "endangered" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Western underground orchid · South coast underground orchid · Eastern underground orchid · Rhizanthella speciosa · Underground orchids
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhizanthella omissa 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.
