Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Orchidaceae

Genus:

Chiloglottis

Species:

Chiloglottis diphylla

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Height:

15 cm

Drought Tolerance:

Medium

Bloom Months:

aug,sep,oct,nov

Bloom Colors:

green, purple, brown

Garden & Ecology Notes

Deer Resistant:

Yes

Fire Ecology:

Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire

Fire Notes:

Resprouts from underground tubers after fire. Common in fire-prone eucalypt forests and often increases after prescribed burns.

Propagation & Germination

Notes:

Terrestrial orchid requiring mycorrhizal fungal association for germination and growth. Seed germination extremely difficult without symbiotic fungi.

The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI