| Scientific Name : |
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Dipodium roseum |
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| Common Name : |
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Hyacinth orchid |
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| Height : |
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100 mm |
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| Description : |
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This is the most spectacular orchid in the Park, when in flower. It is a Saprophyte and has no leaves and no green colour at all. It develops a stout reddish-brown stem, with a few triangular brownish Bracts. The stem bears a spike of 15 to 50 flowers. Each flower grows on a slender Pedicel of up to 25mm. Perianth segments are all very similar, about 20mm long, pink with deeper pink spots. The Labellum is 15mm long, with three lobes. The two lateral lobes project forward on either side of the Column and are only half the length of the central lobe. The central lobe extends into a trapezoid platform, with two ridges of short hairs. |
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| Habitat : |
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Mainly open forests, occasional in wetter forests. |
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| Distribution : |
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New South Wales to South Australia and Tasmania. Widespread across Southern Victoria, but missing from the North-West. Common on both sodes of Fosters Gully, especially on Stringybark Ridge. Also found on the hill to the West of Billy Creek, below Jumbuck Road. |
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| Flowering Season : |
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December January February March |
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| Family : |
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Orchidaceae |
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