Common name:
Gnat Orchid, Mosquito Orchid

Family name:
Orchidaceae

Botanical name:
Cyrtostylis reniformis

(formerly Acianthus reniformis)

Flowering/fruiting season:
September

Location:
'... locally common in restricted areas but very shy-flowering; low and intermediate altitudes.' (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:120)
Aranda bushland (FOAB, 1997:72)

Use:

• Food
• Tuber eaten (see Flood, 1980:94)

Notes:
Small orchid

Language names:

Horticulture :
Terrestrial orchids in temperate regions are 'generally considered difficult and short-lived in cultivation.' (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:626)

Similar species:

Use code:
ROOT