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Mayfly orchid
Acianthus caudatus
About
Acianthus caudatus, commonly known as mayfly orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a terrestrial herb with a single egg-shaped or heart-shaped leaf and up to nine dark purplish flowers with thin, spreading sepals and petals, often with a musty odour.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Acianthus caudatus
- Slug
- acianthus-caudatus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Acianthus
- Species
- caudatus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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