Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Calochilus paludosus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 320 (1810)
Vernacular Name(s):
Copper beard orchid
Description
Plant at fl. 15–90 cm. tall, slender to quite stout. Stem erect. Lf acute, overtopped by raceme, inclined to be fleshy; cauline bracts similar but much shorter. Floral bracts narrow, acute. Per. mostly greenish, except for bright reddish beard of labellum. Dorsal sepal 1–1.5 cm. long, broad-elliptic, acute, ± folded about column; lateral sepals little smaller. Petals shorter, obliquely deltoid, subacute tip directed towards dorsal sepal, us. striped. Labellum almost 2 × sepals; bare ligulate apex long and often straight; disc broad with dense long processes; base covered with very small, acute calli and on each side a short, erect, intra-marginal plate-like callus. Column-wings without basal glands.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Dec.
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. 1998: Current Names List for wild Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons (except Grasses) of New Zealand as used in Herbarium CHR. Version 1, to 31 Dec 1995. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.
