Pyrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet
Pyrorchis
Name and Authority
Synonyms (previous names)
Rostranthus
Common Name
Beak Orchids
Originally Described by
David Jones & Mark Clements in Phytologia 77:448 (1994)
Flowering Months
· · · · · · · Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Description
Pyrorchis species have a large, fleshy, smooth, ground hugging, heart-shaped basal leaf, one or two cauline leaves, a smooth flowering stem and up to eight pink or red, white marked flowers with a curved dorsal sepal, short, forward spreading petals and lateral sepals and a relatively narrow, downcurved labellum with upcurved margins and several rows of lamina calli.
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