Eriochilus sp. 'Merivale'
WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet
Eriochilus sp. 'Merivale'
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Name and Authority
Common Name
Merivale Bunny Orchid
Complex Name
Eriochilus scaber (Pink Bunny Orchids)
Originally Described by
Undescribed
Distribution and Habitat
Merivale, growing in sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet areas.
Flowering Months
· · · · · · · Aug Sep · · ·
Description
A little known species 50–150 mm high with a cupped, ground hugging leaf 10–30 mm long by 5–15 mm wide and up to two creamy-white, pinkish-red marked flowers 9–14 mm across.
Distinguishing Features
It was previously placed with Slender Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus tenuis) but has paler flowers, an earlier flowering period and occurs some 500 km east of the most easterly known population of that species.
WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)
Not Listed
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