!Orthoceras strictum R.Br. 1810
Photo by Cathy Powers and herAUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website
Inflorescence Photos by Colin Rowan and his Orchid Website
Common Name The Rigid Orthoceras - The Horned Orchid
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia as well as New Caledonia and New Zealand as medium to large sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial orchid occuring at elevations of sea level to 1000 meters in heathy, open forest; often found in moist sites and grassland with 1 to 3, ovoid to fusiform, underground tubers giving rise to 3 to 5, basal, linear, unequal in size leaves that flowers in the summer on an erect, 20" [50 cm] long, successively several flowered inflorescence with long floral bracts and carrying 1 to 9 flowers.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 drawing fide; Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 photo good; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 photo fide;
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