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Dipodium
Dipodium, commonly known as hyacinth orchids, is a genus of about forty species of orchids native to tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of south-east Asia, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands and Australia. It includes both terrestrial and climbing species, some with leaves and some leafless, but all with large, often colourful flowers on tall flowering stems. It is the only genus of its alliance, Dipodium.
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
Rosy Hyacinth Orchid
speciesDipodium roseum
Slender Hyacinth-Orchid
speciesDipodium variegatum
Blotched Hyacinth-Orchid
speciesDipodium punctatum
Spotted Hyacinth-Orchid
speciesDipodium pardalinum
Dipodium squamatum
speciesDipodium squamatum
Tropical Hyacinth-Orchid
speciesDipodium stenocheilum
Leafy Hyacinth-Orchid
speciesDipodium ensifolium
Bell-flower Hyacinth Orchid
speciesDipodium campanulatum
Dipodium interaneum
speciesDipodium interaneum
Dipodium elegantulum
speciesDipodium elegantulum
yellow hyacinth orchid
speciesDipodium hamiltonianum
Purple Hyacinth Orchid
speciesDipodium atropurpureum
Dipodium pulchellum
speciesDipodium pulchellum
Dipodium gracile
speciesDipodium gracile
Dipodium elatum
speciesDipodium elatum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 1675609.