Calochilus platychilus (Purple Beard Orchid)
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Calochilus platychilus, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT
Photograph by Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Calochilus platychilus, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT
Photograph by Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Calochilus platychilus, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT
Photograph by Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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PURPLE BEARD ORCHID FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Purple Beard Orchid
Description
The Purple Beard Orchid is a perennial terrestrial orchid. It produces clusters of greenish purple flowers. The labellum or lip has purple warts at the base, and the centre has long purple hairs. The petals are shorter than the sepals and green with reddish purple stripes along their length. The plant has a single green leaf. The plant grows from an underground tuber. This species is similar to the Red Beard Orchid (Calochilus paludosus) but is more purple in colour, with more reddish colour on the lateral sepals.
Habitat
Calochilus platychilus grows in heathland and woodland
Distribution
Purple Beard Orchid is found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 30cm - 45cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Calochilus | | Species: | platychilus | | Common Name: | Purple Beard Orchid |
Relatives in same Genus
Calochilus paludosus
Calochilus robertsonii
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