Dienia ophrydis

Common snout orchid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dienia
Species:
D. ophrydis
Binomial name
Dienia ophrydis
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidendrum ophrydis J.Koenig
  • Gastroglottis montana Blume
  • Malaxis ophrydis (J.Koenig) Ormerod
  • Crepidium ophrydis (J.Koenig) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
  • Dienia montana (Blume) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
  • Gastroglottis ophrydis (J.Koenig) A.N.Rao

Dienia ophrydis, commonly known as the common snout orchid[2] or 无耳沼兰 (wu er zhao lan)[3] is a plant in the orchid family and is native to endemic to a broad area of Asia, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a deciduous, terrestrial orchid with a cone-shaped stem, bright green, wavy leaves and many greenish, brown, reddish or purplish flowers crowded on a wiry flowering stem.

  1. ^ a b "Dienia ophrydis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 356. ISBN 978-1877069123.
  3. ^ "Dienia ophrydis". Flora of China. Retrieved 24 October 2018.