Cyanicula sp. 'Boyatup'
WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet
Cyanicula sp. 'Boyatup'
Name and Authority
Common Name
Boyatup China Orchid
Complex Name
Cyanicula gemmata (China Orchids)
Originally Described by
Undescribed
Distribution and Habitat
Boyatup Hill to Condingup, growing in sandy soils in shrublands, flowering only in the season following summer fire.
Flowering Months
· · · · · · · Aug Sep · · ·
Description
A recently recognised species 50–160 mm high with a shortly hairy leaf, 20–40 mm long by 10–20 mm wide, which is tinged reddish-purple on the underside and up to two (rarely three) mauve flowers 40–50 mm across.
Distinguishing Features
It is distinguished from the co-occurring Blue China Orchid (Cyanicula gemmata) by its mauve rather than purple to bluish-purple flowers and its wholly mauve labellum.
WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)
Not Listed
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