Genus species; Cryptostylus erecta
Meaning of name; Hidden style - erect
Family; Orchidaceae
Common name; Bonnet Orchid; Tartan Tongue Orchid
Features; Evergreen; Terestial orchid;
Aspect; Amongst grasses sedges and low shrubs;
Habitat; Slopes, Gullies, Sheltered Gullies,
Soil; Sand with high organic content;
Landscape uses;
Leaves; Lanceolate to ovate, dark green above purplish below, petioles to 10cm long, soliary or in clumps;
Flowering; Stem to 45cm tall, 2-12 greenish flowers 30mm long; December to Febuary;
Fruit;
Seed type;
Dispersal vector; No special morphology.
Problems;
Ecological values;