Calochilus caeruleus L.O.Williams 1946 Drawing by © N.H.S. Howcroft and The Malesian Orchid Species Illustrated Website

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Globe Shaped Microtis

Flower Size .48 to .6" [1.2 to 1.5 cm]

Found in New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland and western Australia in lowland swamps, wet heathlands and Melaleuca forests at elevations of sea level to 150 meters as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with a single, partially developed at blooming leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a 20 to 32" [50 to 80 cm] long, 4 to 12 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide;

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