Acianthus fornicatus Orchid species

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Acianthus fornicatus
Species:
Genus: Acianthus
Sub Family: Orchidoideae
Family: Orchidaceae
Order: Asparagales
Class: Liliopsida
Subtribe:
Tribe:
Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae
Synonyms: Acianthus fornicatus var. fornicatus R.Br.
Acianthus ledwardii Rupp
Common name: Pixie Caps

Description
Acianthus Brown, 1810 was a member Australisian genus 21 species. Genus name is derived from the Greek word that means the end Achis and anthos which means flower, according to the form of a pointed sepal. Common name used in Australia Acianthus fornicatus  Orchid species habitat,Photo J. Plaza

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This genus spread in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In the new Kalidonia, Grows in coastal scrub and moist forest; widespread north of Eden ,some species grow in the forest on a decaying forest waste or rotting wood.



Add Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaf :10–40 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, upper surface dark green, lower surface reddish purple.http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/HerbLink/multimedia/37/606/1538.png
Flowers:Raceme 10–30 cm high, 1–10-flowered. Flowers 10–14 mm long, translucent pinkish with a green or dark purplish red labellum. Dorsal sepal broad-ovate, cucullate, 9–12 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Lateral sepals linear to lanceolate, 9–12 mm long, c. 1.4 mm wide, with a red central stripe; apical point 2–3 mm long. Petals narrow-ovate to lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, with a red central stripe. Labellum ovate to lanceolate, distal margins revolute, usually broad-cordate when flattened, 5–6 mm long, 2.5–3.2 mm wide, acuminate; callus thick, fleshy, papillose near the apex ,Flowering: May–Aug.


Description

Species Acianthus aegeridantennatus (NW. & SE. New Caledonia). Acianthus amplexicaulis (NE. Queensland to EC. New South Wales, New Caledonia). Acianthus atepalus (SE. New Caledonia). Acianthus bracteatus (SE. New Caledonia). Acianthus caudatus:

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