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Cryptostylis Concava
''Cryptostylis'', commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family. Tongue orchids are terrestrial herbs with one to a few stalked leaves at the base of the flowering stem, or leafless. One to a few dull coloured flowers are borne on an erect flowering stem. The most conspicuous part of the flower is the labellum, compared to the much reduced sepals and petals. At least some species are pollinated by wasps when they attempt to mate with the flower. There are about twenty five species found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Description Orchids in the genus ''Cryptostylis'' are terrestrial, perennial herbs with a thick, branching underground rhizome with vertical shoots forming at nodes. The plant has thick, fleshy roots but lacks a tuber. There are one to a few erect leaves, each with a distinct petiole and often purple on the lower surface, although '' C. hunteriana'' is saprophytic and leafless. New leaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptostylis Erecta
''Cryptostylis erecta'', commonly known as the bonnet orchid or tartan tongue orchid , is an orchid endemic to south eastern Australia. A small and common plant, it has dark green lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves and up to twelve greenish flowers with a large, bonnet-like or hood-like, lilac-coloured labellum with a network of purple veins. Description ''Cryptostylis erecta'' is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with one to several egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves long and wide on a petiole long. The leaves are dark green on the upper surface and purple below. Between two and twelve flowers long and wide are borne on a flower spike high. The most prominent feature of the flower is its hood- or bonnet-shaped labellum which is long and wide, greenish to lilac-coloured with a network of purple or maroon veins and a few purple spots. The base of the labellum is narrow and surrounds the column. The sepals are green, and and the petals are and about wide, all spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |