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Copper beard orchid (Calochilus campestris)

Description

It is a small orchid, which prefers cool to cold weather. It has a terrestrial habit , with a basal leaf , unique, large, deeply channeled, thick. It blooms in the spring and early summer in an inflorescence 60 cm long, robust with 2 triangular bracts and up to 15 flowers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Calochilus