Spiculaea Lindl.
WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet
Spiculaea
Name and Authority
Common Name
Elbow Orchids
Originally Described by
John Lindley in Edwards's Bot.Reg. plvi. (1839)
Flowering Months
Jan · · · · · · · · Oct Nov Dec
Description
Spiculaea has a small, fleshy, smooth, oval shaped leaf and up to 10 small, straw coloured flowers with a narrow, erect dorsal sepal, narrow, hanging petals and lateral sepals,an incurved column with two large ‘mantis-like’ wings and a small, loosely hinged labellum. The genus is unique among Western Australian orchids in having a succulent flower stem which enables it to continue flowering and fruiting well after the leaf and base of the stem have shrivelled.
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