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Scientific Name
XGlossadenia tutelata
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Hybrid Wax-lip Orchid
Status
Height
0.08m - 0.2m (8-20cm)
Flowers
Solitary purple-blue flower with a heart shaped labellum that has 2-4 basl calli and numerous shorter calli towards the apex.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Narrowly elliptical, sparsley hairy obliquely erect leaf.
Municipalities
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Grassy Vegetation; Heath
Habitat Notes
Heathy and grassy open eucalypt forest and heathland. Very rarely seen. May occasionally be found where C. deformis. and C. major. occur. Curtis (1979) has recorded it from the north and north east and it was also found on Schouten Is. in 1978. Also in Vic. and SA.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Moist; Shady; Waterlogged; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Fertile; Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Both C. deformis. and C. major. occur in fire prone habitats and flower abundantly after fires. The hybrid is likely to be found in the first few years following a fire that stimulated flowering of the parent species. Flowering of XCalassodia tutelata. appears to be stimulated by fire the previous summer (Backhouse and Jeanes 1995). The plants representation in reserves is intermediete as this hybrid occurs only occasionally and apparently does not persist. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
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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
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Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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