Acianthus fornicatus R.Br. 1810 Photo by © Colin and Misha Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Orchid Photo Website

Plant and Flowers in situ Photo by Greg Steenbeeke and his Australian Orchid Website

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Common Name The Bent Acianthus - In Australia The Large Mosquito Orchid

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in New South Wales and Queensland Australia in coastal habitats in vegetated sand dunes as well as moist gullies with deep shade at elevations up to 1000 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a globose tuber giving rise to an erect, reddish stem carrying a single, cordate acute, lobed leaf that blooms in the fall and winter

Synonyms Acianthus apprimus D.L.Jones 1991; Acianthus borealis D.L.Jones 1991; Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. 1865; Acianthus exiguus D.L.Jones 1991; Epipactis fornicata (R.Br.) Poir. 1812

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing good; Orchidsof Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 drawing good; Orchids of Australia Riley & Banks 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as A apprimus photo good; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as A borealis photo good; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as A exiguus photo good; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo good;

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