Scientific Name: Corybas diemenicus

Common Name: stately helmet-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A small, veined helmet orchid. Circular to heart-shaped leaf, bright green above, purple underneath.

Flowers: Single maroon, semi-nodding flower, 14-20 mm across, with an almost circular labellum with a flared, serrated margin enclosing a purple and white boss and a broad, partly translucent, dorsal sepal enclosing the labellum.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDorsetFlindersGeorge TownKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RainforestWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally common in moist areas from the coast to the foothills in eucalypt scrub and rainforest, often growing amongst moss and ferns. Flowers as late as December in sub-alpine areas. Can form quite large colonies.

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.