Yellow grass orchid | |
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Apostasia wallachii growing near Cairns | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Apostasioideae |
Genus: | Apostasia |
Species: | A. wallichii
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Binomial name | |
Apostasia wallichii | |
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Apostasia wallichii, commonly known as the yellow grass orchid,[2] is a species of orchid that is native to India, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia. It has many arching, dark green, grass-like leaves and up to forty small, star-like yellow flowers arranged on a branched flowering stem. It mainly grows in wet forest and rainforest.