Arthrochilus

Elbow orchids
Arthrochilus latipes in Kakadu National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Subtribe: Drakaeinae
Genus: Arthrochilus
F.Muell.[1]
Type species
Arthrochilus irritabilis
F.Muell.
Synonyms[2]
  • Phoringopsis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
  • Thynninorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Arthrochilus, commonly called elbow orchids, is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is found in Australia and New Guinea. The flowers are pollinated by male thynnid wasps which attempt to mate with the flower and are held in place by hooks while the pollinium is transferred between insect and flower.

  1. ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 1: 42
  2. ^ "Arthrochilus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 July 2016.