Rock orchid IMG_1038
King orchid, Dendrobium tarberi.
Epiphytic orchid which forms large congested clumps with erect litter-trapping roots and cylindrical, crowded, yellowish pseudo-bulbs, to 100x4cm, each tipped with 3-5 large thick dark green leathery leaves, to 25cmx8cm. Sturdy arching racemes, to 60 cm long carry 50-200 crowded strongly fragrant flowers to 2.5cm across.
Flowers: August-October
Distribution: QLD-NSW (south to Dungog)
Habitat: Cliff faces, gorges, boulders & large trees in moist to wet forests and rainforests.
Notes: This species, which can form massive clumps, is especially prominent in montane rainforest.
(source: David & Barbara Jones, A Field Guide to the Native Orchids of Southern Australia.)
plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&am...
Rock orchid IMG_1038
King orchid, Dendrobium tarberi.
Epiphytic orchid which forms large congested clumps with erect litter-trapping roots and cylindrical, crowded, yellowish pseudo-bulbs, to 100x4cm, each tipped with 3-5 large thick dark green leathery leaves, to 25cmx8cm. Sturdy arching racemes, to 60 cm long carry 50-200 crowded strongly fragrant flowers to 2.5cm across.
Flowers: August-October
Distribution: QLD-NSW (south to Dungog)
Habitat: Cliff faces, gorges, boulders & large trees in moist to wet forests and rainforests.
Notes: This species, which can form massive clumps, is especially prominent in montane rainforest.
(source: David & Barbara Jones, A Field Guide to the Native Orchids of Southern Australia.)
plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&am...