Scientific Name: Chiloglottis triceratops Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: threehorned bird-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: Small slender bird orchid with paired oval dark-green leaves.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.04

Flowers: Bird orchid with a flat, heart-shaped labellum with three distinct column-like basal calli, longitudinal rows of small intermediate calli and a larger anvil-like distal gland at the apex.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral CoastCircular HeadDorsetKentishLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread in sheltered, moist but well-drained coastal lowland scrub or heath in the east and north of Tasmania.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
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Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.