Scientific Name: Thynninorchis nothofagicola Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: myrtle elbow orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: A tiny, thin, leafless elbow orchid.

Height (m): 0.05 – 0.1

Flowers: Greenish to reddish with small, sharply-reflexed sepals and petals. Labellum glandular, insect-like, hinged on the end of a stalk.

Municipality
Derwent Valley
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Known from a solitary site in the State’s south-west. Vegetation at the site consists of tall mixed forest, with Eucalyptus delegatensis over an understorey of Nothofagus cunninghamii, Phyllocladus aspleniifolius and Dicksonia antarctica.

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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.