Common name: Purplish Beard Orchid
Calochilus robertsonii Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Calochilus imberbis R.S.Rogers APNI*
Calochilus stramenicola D.L.Jones APNI*
Calochilus uliginosus D.L.Jones APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaf linear to lanceolate, to 30 cm long and 13 mm wide, dark green.
Inflorescence to 46 cm high, 1–5-flowered. Sepals and lateral petals reddish brown with darker stripes. Labellum c. 15 mm long, c. 8 mm wide, broad; lamina with glossy whitish mauve, purple-maroon or bronzy beard, the calli shorter and warty towards base; elongated apex crisped and bearing calli on at least half its surface. Column collars each with purple gland at base; rim interconnecting collars prominent, purplish.
Flowering: Sept. to early Dec.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath, sclerophyll forests and scrubland; widespread, from coastal districts west to Condobolin district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by P. Bernhardt
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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