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Scientific Name
Orthoceras strictum
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Horned Orchid
Status
Rare
Height
0.3m - 0.6m (30-60cm)
Flowers
Green-grey or yellow-brown orchid with dark markings.Upper sepal forms a hood.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Plant with rigid flowering stem and grass like leaves.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Heath
Habitat Notes
Not common , usually found in we t heaths., often inland e.g. Trial Harbour road, near Serpentine Quarry, Renison Bell on the west coast.
Site Tolerance
Moist
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Poor; Poorly-drained; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Harvest stalks containing capsules by hand and place upside down inside large paper bags. dry until capsules have opened, then lightly thresh to extract seed
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
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 tousands 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.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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