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bird and wasp orchids
Chiloglottis
Chiloglottis, commonly known as wasp orchids, ant orchids or bird orchids, is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Wasp orchids are terrestrial herbs which grow in colonies of genetically identical plants. They usually have two leaves at the base of the plant and a single resupinate ("upside-down") flower. The labellum is more or less diamond-shaped and has calli resembling the body of a wingless female wasp.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
large bird-orchid
speciesChiloglottis valida
Green Bird Orchid
speciesChiloglottis cornuta
dainty bird-orchid
speciesChiloglottis trapeziformis
three-horned bird orchid
speciesChiloglottis triceratops
autumn wasp-orchid
speciesChiloglottis curviclavia
small bird orchid
speciesChiloglottis grammata
common wasp orchid
speciesChiloglottis diphylla
short-clubbed wasp orchid
speciesChiloglottis reflexa
tall bird orchid
speciesChiloglottis gunnii
Bare-tip Wasp-orchid
speciesChiloglottis seminuda
Ant Orchid
speciesChiloglottis formicifera
small wasp orchid
speciesChiloglottis sylvestris
mountain bird-orchid
speciesChiloglottis jeanesii
Chiloglottis × pescottiana
hybridChiloglottis × pescottiana
Chiloglottis pluricallata
speciesChiloglottis pluricallata
Chiloglottis sphaerula
speciesChiloglottis sphaerula
Chiloglottis sphyrnoides
speciesChiloglottis sphyrnoides
Chiloglottis chlorantha
speciesChiloglottis chlorantha
Chiloglottis bifaria
speciesChiloglottis bifaria
Duck's-head Wasp-orchid
speciesChiloglottis anaticeps
Chiloglottis turfosa
speciesChiloglottis turfosa
Chiloglottis platyptera
speciesChiloglottis platyptera
Chiloglottis palachila
speciesChiloglottis palachila
Chiloglottis longiclavata
speciesChiloglottis longiclavata
Chiloglottis truncata
speciesChiloglottis truncata
Chiloglottis trullata
speciesChiloglottis trullata
Chiloglottis trilabra
speciesChiloglottis trilabra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147193.