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Apostasia, commonly known as grass orchids, [2] [3] is a genus of eight species of primitive orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are terrestrial, evergreen, grass-like plants, barely recognisable as orchids and are distributed in humid areas of the Himalayan region, China, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland.
Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule F.M.Bailey [12] – commonly known as the rainforest rock orchid, which is an epiphyte or lithophyte growing in or near rainforest and has between 25 and 45 white or cream-coloured flowers from July to September and grows between Mossman and Paluma in Queensland; [2]: 410
Apostasia wallichii is a terrestrial, tuberous, evergreen herb, scarcely recognisable as an orchid. It has wiry, branched roots with fleshy, warty projections and an erect, fibrous stem with many grass-like leaves arranged in whorls along it. The leaves are dark green, thin and leathery 100–200 mm (4–8 in) long and up to 1 mm (0.04 in) wide.
It is commonly known as the white egret flower, fringed orchid or sagisō (鷺草). Pecteilis radiata grows with small tubers, from which grasslike leaves emerge. Flower spikes, which can be up to 50 cm tall, produce 2-3 white flowers that bloom in late summer. [ 2 ]
Dipodium stenocheilum O.Schwarz - tropical hyacinth-orchid, from the northern parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. Dipodium variegatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones - blotched hyacinth-orchid or slender hyacinth-orchid, from Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria; Dipodium wenzelii P.O'Byrne - from Borneo
The plant can grow up to three feet (91 cm) tall. The leaves are long and thin. [10] The inflorescence is large and showy and may have up to 40 white flowers. It is distinguished from Platanthera praeclara, the western prairie fringed orchid, by its smaller flowers (less than one inch (2.5 cm) long), more oval petals, and a shorter nectar spur ...
[9] [10] Its white pouch-like lip, sometimes dotted with maroon on the inside, is accented by tan, green or brown lateral sepals and petals. [11] It has been known to hybridize [7] with the small yellow ladyslipper, C. parviflorum var. makasin, resulting in the natural hybrid Cypripedium × andrewsii. The leaves and stems are slightly pubescent.
Eriochilus dilatatus, commonly known as the white bunny orchid, [2] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a common and widespread, slender ground orchid with a single leaf and up to fifteen small white and greenish flowers with reddish or brownish markings and a hairy labellum .