Botanical name

Bonatea speciosa

Family

Orchidaceae

Common Name

Green Wood Orchid, Oktoberlelie

Status

 

 

Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Bonatea speciosa

Description

Robust, sturdy and erect up to 1m tall. Leafy stem with soft, dark-green, sharply pointed leaves up to 13cm long. Flowerhead is a fairly dense raceme; flowers green and white; lip deeply 3-lobed; spur 25-47mm long, somewhat swollen towards apex. Usually highly fragrant at night. Pollinated by long-tongued Hawkmoths.

Habitat

Sandy soils in coastal scrub and on forest margins

Flower Date

August to October