WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

x Cyanthera glossodioides

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Name and Authority

x Cyanthera glossodioides Hopper & A.P. Br.

Common Name

Mauve Rare Orchid

Originally Described by

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Australian Systematic Botany 17(2): 233-234 (2004)

Distribution and Habitat

Yallingup to Albany, growing in lateritic or sandy-clay soils in forests and woodlands.

Flowering Months

· · · · · · · · Sep Oct Nov ·

Description

A rare intergeneric hybrid 200–300 mm high with a dull green, prominently hairy leaf 50–80 mm long by 7–10 mm wide and up to two pinkish-mauve flowers 30–40 mm across.

WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)

Not Listed

Notes

A hybrid between Silky-blue Orchid (Cyanicula sericea) and Purple Enamel Orchid (Elythranthera brunonis).

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