Copper beard orchid

(Calochilus campestris)

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Description

It is a small orchid, which prefers cool to cold weather. It has a terrestrial habit , with a basal leaf , unique, large, deeply channeled, thick. It blooms in the spring and early summer in an inflorescence 60 cm long, robust with 2 triangular bracts and up to 15 flowers.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Genus:Calochilus
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