Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. orientalis

Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. orientalis Hopper & A.P.Br.

Eastern Bunny Orchid

Eriochilus dilatatus (White Bunny Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 16:42, 44 (2006)

Caiguna to Toolinna Cove, growing in sandy soil pockets on coastal and near coastal limestone outcrops. The subspecies does not require summer fire to flower.

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A geographically restricted subspecies 100–250 mm high with a smooth, sometimes wavy margined leaf 15–40 mm long by 7–10 mm wide and up to seven white, dull green and red flowers 9–14 mm across.

It is distinguished from the subsp. undulatus by its often smooth margined, rather than always wavy margined leaf and in having up to seven flowers. From the subsp. multiflorus it is distinguished by its sometimes wavy margined, rather than always smooth margined leaf, fewer flowered inflorescence and easterly distribution.

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