Chiloglottis sphaerula D.L.Jones

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Chiloglottis

Characteristics

Leaves 45–55 x 15–20 mm, margins entire. Flower stem 50–90 mm long, green to purplish. Flower 20–25 × 7–9 mm, green to purplish; calli black, shiny; column pale green with reddish flecks. Dorsal sepal incurved, narrowly spathulate, 14–16 × 2–2.5 mm; apical club 2 mm long. Lateral sepals recurved beneath labellum, 14–17 × 1.5 mm divergent; apical clubs 3–6 mm long. Petals reflexed against ovary, 12–15 × 3.5–4 mm. Labellum held obliquely erect, wedge-shaped, 12–14 × 8–8.5 mm, apex blunt or truncate. Callus covering central half of labellum, main gland round to globose. Column 9.5–10.5 × 4 mm.
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Growth form herb
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Localised; growing in small colonies under shrubs and bracken in tall, humid forest in freely draining, brown basaltic loam.
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Images

Chiloglottis sphaerula unspecified picture

Distribution

Chiloglottis sphaerula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77079862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808156
COL ID 5Y4P9
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Synonyms

Chiloglottis sphaerula