WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Drakaea

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Drakaea

Drakaea distribution

Drakaea

Name and Authority

Drakaea Lindl.

Common Name

Hammer Orchids

Originally Described by

John Lindley in Edwards's Bot.Reg. lv (1839)

Flowering Months

· · · · · · · Aug Sep Oct Nov ·

Description

Drakaea species have a small, heart-shaped, ground-hugging leaf, a smooth flowering stem and a solitary flower with narrow petals and sepals and an unusual hinged labellum with a hammer-like apex, this latter feature leading to the common name hammer orchid.

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