Prasophyllum taphanyx D.L.Jones

Graveside leek orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Prasophyllum

Characteristics

Plants 230–33  tall. Free part of leaf to 160 x 3–5mm. Spike 50–6  long, 15–25-flowered. Ovary sessile, bright green, shiny. Flowers crowded, strongly scented, 7–8 x 5–6mm, light green and pinkish-cream, petals pinkish to purplish, labellum pinkish to purplish, callus green to purplish. Dorsal sepal 3.5–4 x 2.5mm, decurved. Lateral sepals free, 4–4.5 x 1.5mm, straight, divergent. Petals 3–3.5 x 1.2mm, widely spreading, tips recurved. Labellum shortly stalked, broadly ovate, 2.8–3 x 2.6–3mm, sharply reflexed and constricted above middle, ending in short tapered papillate tail that is sharply recurved. Callus very broad, fleshy, shiny, papillate, dense line of papillae extending nearly to apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Highly localised and extremely rare being known from only three plants growing in remnant native grassland in freely draining basaltic loam in lowest rainfall region of state.
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Distribution

Prasophyllum taphanyx world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77062177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000502196
COL ID 4M9MR
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Synonyms

Prasophyllum taphanyx