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Sarcochilus
Sign in to saveSarcochilus, commonly known as butterfly orchids or fairy bells is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes and usually have short stems, leaves arranged in two rows, and flowers arranged along unbranched flowering stems. Most species are endemic to Australia but some are found in New Guinea and New Caledonia.
Species
Fleshy Tree Orchid
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyOrchidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Collections
- NY, AMES, ANSP, MICH, MNHN, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Thailande, Nouvelles-HéBrides, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aeridinae
- Image
- Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii - FitzGerald, Australian Orchids - vol. 1 pl. 19 (1882).jpg
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- taxon common name
- 狭唇兰属
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Sarcochilus, commonly known as butterfly orchids or fairy bells is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes and usually have short stems, leaves arranged in two rows, and flowers arranged along unbranched flowering stems. Most species are endemic to Australia but some are found in New Guinea and New Caledonia.
==Description== Orchids in the genus Sarcochilus are epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial herbs with fibrous stems and long, relatively broad leaves folded lengthwise and arranged in two ranks. The flowers are scented, resupinate and arranged on an unbranched flowering stem, each flower on a short thin stalk. The sepals and petals are free from and similar to each other except that the petals are usually smaller than the sepals. The labellum is hinged to the column and has three lobes. The sides lobes are relatively large and upright, sometimes curving inwards. The structure of the middle lobe varies between species.
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