Scientific Name: Orthoceras strictum
Common Name: horned orchid
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Orchidaceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Plant with rigid flowering stem and grass like leaves.
Height (m): 0.3 – 0.6
Flowers: Green-grey or yellow-brown orchid with dark markings. Upper sepal forms a hood.
Fruit: Papery capsule
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Habitat Notes
Not common, usually found in wet heaths, often inland e.g. Trial Harbour Road, near Serpentine Quarry, Renison Bell on the west coast.
Site Tolerance
Moist
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
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.