ON THIS PLANT
Genoplesium rufum, commonly known as the rufous midge-orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single thin, wiry leaf and up to twenty five drooping, pinkish or reddish flowers on a flowering stem which is fused to the lower part of the leaf. It was formerly thought to range from Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania but specimens in other states are now assigned to Genoplesium clivicola.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Genoplesium
- Family
- Orchidaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Rufous midge orchid
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