Purple Sprites Orchid (species: Schistotylus purpuratus) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Schistotylus purpuratus
Purple Sprites Orchid


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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Schistotylus
Species Schistotylus purpuratus
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Distinguishing features

It is the only species in the genus Schistotylus from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a small epiphytic orchid with up to six crowded, linear leaves and up to ten cup-shaped, pale green flowers with purple marking and a mostly white labellum. It grows in rainforest and swampy heath in eastern Australia. (Wikipedia)

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