About
The blotched gemini orchid grows on trees and rocks in rainforest from north Queensland to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its arching leafy stems produce spidery yellow-green flowers, usually in pairs, heavily spotted dark purple.
Field notes
Morphology
Arching stems carry narrow, dark green leaves 6–9 cm long. Very short flowering stems opposite the leaf axils bear one or two spider-like flowers 2–3 cm wide, yellowish green with many purple spots; the sepals are long and the petals thread-like.
Distribution & habitat
Rainforest between the McIlwraith Range and Townsville in Queensland, and in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
History & etymology
Described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1874 from a plant found near Rockingham Bay; named after Frederick Bailey.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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