WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Cryptostylis

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Cryptostylis

Cryptostylis distribution

Name and Authority

Cryptostylis R.Br.

Common Name

Slipper Orchids

Originally Described by

Robert Brown in Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 317 (1810)

Flowering Months

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul · Sep Oct Nov Dec

Description

Cryptostylis species have large, smooth, evergreen leaves with long stalks, a smooth flowering stem and up to 40 dull coloured, green, yellow and red, inverted (upside down) flowers with reduced petals and sepals and a large, prominently-veined, flesh-coloured labellum.

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