Scientific Name: Corybas incurvus

Common Name: slaty helmet-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: Small ground-hugging Corybas. Leaf heart-shaped to round, bright green on both surfaces.

Flowers: A single flower, 15 mm across with a translucent dorsal sepal with purplish blotches. Dorsal sepal caps an almost circular translucent labellum with a deep notch at the top and purplish suffusions. Has a conspicuous white boss and incurved serrated margins.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieDorsetFlindersGeorge TownLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread in coastal woodland and heathland in damp, shady sites in the shelter of shrubs and bracken.

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.