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Starry spectral orchid

Trachoma stellatum

Starry spectral orchid
Photo: Lewis Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Trachoma stellatum, commonly known as the starry spectral orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid with many thick roots. It has between three and eight thick, leathery leaves and many short-lived, cream-coloured flowers with purple markings and a yellow-tipped labellum. This orchid occurs in tropical North Queensland.

Where it grows

The starry spectral orchid grows on rainforest trees and in humid places near rainforest edges. It is found between the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges at altitudes from 400 to 600 metres (1,300 to 2,000 ft) in Queensland.

Other Trachoma plants

Yellow spectral orchid · Showy spectral orchid · Spectral orchids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trachoma stellatum 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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