Dipodium pulchellum (Dipodium pulchellum)
Description
For most of the year, plants are dormant and have no above-ground presence. Below the ground lie fleshy roots. Flower spikes between 27 and 90 cm in height appear in summer. These racemose inflorescences have 5 to 40 pink flowers with darker blotches. The sepals and petals are more or less straight and the labellum is dark-reddish pink with mauve hairs.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Dipodium
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