WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Epiblema

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Epiblema

Epiblema distribution

Name and Authority

Epiblema R.Br.

Common Name

Babe-in-a-cradle Orchid

Originally Described by

Robert Brown in Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 315 (1810)

Flowering Months

Jan · · · · · · · · · Nov Dec

Description

Epiblema has a smooth tubular leaf and up to eight mauve (rarely pink or blue), purple blotched flowers with broad petals and sepals, a broadly-winged column and a petal-like labellum with a cluster of ribbon-like appendages near its base.

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