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Green Tree Orchid

Sarcochilus parviflorus

Green Tree Orchid
Photo: Orchid On A Twig, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. & E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Sarcochilus parviflorus, commonly known as the southern lawyer orchid or green tree orchid, is an epiphytic orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has up to eight rigid leaves and up to twelve small bright green to yellowish green flowers with reddish markings on the labellum.

Where it grows

The southern lawyer orchid grows on trees, rarely on rocks, in rainforest in coastal areas and nearby tablelands between Brisbane and Tathra.

Other Sarcochilus plants

Northern lawyer orchid · Butterfly orchid · Small lawyer orchid · Fairy bells · Brown butterfly orchid · Orange blossom orchid · Ravine Orchid · Hartman's Sarcochilus · Myrtle bells · Harlequin orchid · Banded butterfly orchid · Sarcochilus spathulatus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sarcochilus parviflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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