Butterfly orchid | |
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Illustration from Hooker's Flora Antarctica[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Sarcochilus |
Species: | S. australis
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Binomial name | |
Sarcochilus australis | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Sarcochilus australis, commonly known as the butterfly orchid or Gunn's tree orchid,[3] is a small epiphytic orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has up to ten oblong, dark green leaves and up to fourteen small green to yellowish or brownish flowers with a mostly white labellum.