Purple Cockatoo: Flower, above

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Asparagus (Asparagales)

Family:

Orchid (Orchidaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Purple Cockatoo (Glossodia major)

This Photo:

Flower, above

Other name:

Wax-lip Orchid

Thank you Reiner Richter for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
A stunning orchid and quite large for a native at 40mm wide (petal tip to petal tip)

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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