Purple Helmet Orchid
Flower, above
African Orchid
In flower
| Purple Helmet Orchid Flower, above | | African Orchid In flower | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Asparagus (Asparagales) | ||||
| Family: | Orchid (Orchidaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Purple Helmet Orchid (Corysanthes incurva) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Flower, finished🔎 | ||||
| Synonym: | Corybas incurvus | ||||
| Other name: | Slaty Helmet | ||||
Thank you Robert Lawrence, (ZaneDJ) & Tom Hunt (Moth_Nut) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere Unfortunately we just missed out on seeing this one flower. They often don't flower at all, building up strength with just one leaf over the years until the time is right. This was the 1st we knew we even had this species at our home in the Adelaide Hills. The largest leaf was ~40mm wide. Woo Hoo, we got the flower this year (2018). | |||||
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