Английская Википедия:Calochilus gracillimus

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Calochilus gracillimus, commonly known as the slender beard orchid[1] or late beard orchid,[2] is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single dark green leaf with a reddish base and up to nine green flowers with red stripes and a reddish, brownish or purplish "beard".

Description

Calochilus gracillimus is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single fleshy, channelled, linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a reddish base. The leaf is fully developed when the first flower opens. Between two and nine green flowers with red stripes, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a flowering stem Шаблон:Convert tall. The dorsal sepal is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals are a similar length but narrower. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide. The labellum is flat, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with short purple calli near its base. The middle section of the labellum has coarse reddish, brownish or purplish hairs up to Шаблон:Convert and the tip has a glandular "tail" Шаблон:Convert long. The column has two purple coloured "eyes" joined by a faint ridge. Flowering occurs from November to January.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Calochilus gracillimus was first formally described in 1943 by Montague Rupp and the description was published in The Victorian Naturalist from a specimen collected near Woy Woy.[3][4] The specific epithet (gracillimus) is a Latin word meaning "slenderest".[5] Rupp noted that the specific epithet "is in particular allusion to the labellum, but is almost equally applicable to the whole flower".[4]

Distribution and habitat

The slender beard orchid grows on ridges and slopes in forest and woodland. It occurs in New South Wales north from Woodford and in southeastern Queensland.[1][2]

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