Pale reed orchid | |
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Drawing of Bromheadia finlaysoniana (as B. palustris) by Sarah Drake | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Bromheadia |
Species: | B. finlaysoniana
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Binomial name | |
Bromheadia finlaysoniana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Bromheadia finlaysoniana, commonly known as the pale reed orchid[2] and as Bromheadia pulchra in Australia,[3] is a plant in the orchid family and is native to areas from Indochina to northern Australia. It is a terrestrial orchid with a tough upright, stem and stiffly spreading, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves. There is a long flowering stem with a short zig-zag section near the end where single flowers open in succession. The flowers are white with a yellow labellum.