Bell-flower hyacinth-orchid (Dipodium campanulatum)
Description
Dipodium campanulatum, commonly known as bell-flower hyacinth-orchid, is a leafless mycoheterotroph orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. For most of the year, plants are dormant and have no above-ground presence. Below the ground lie fleshy roots. A single flower spike up to 70 cm in height appears in December and January. The racemose inflorescence has a green or reddish stem supporting 15 to 35 white fleshy bell-shaped flowers with dark red spots or blotches.[3] The species was formally described in 1991 by Australian botanist David Lloyd Jones. The type specimen was collected in Naracoorte in South Australia.[1] Plants belonging to this species had formerly been included in a wider circumscription of Dipodium punctatum.
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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