Summary ⁴

Cryptostylis ovata, commonly known as the slipper orchid or western tongue orchid, is an orchid endemic to Western Australia. It is a common, summer flowering species with dark green leaves with a white central vein and up to fifteen pale greenish flowers with a brownish red labellum with a network of darker veins.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Loxley Fedec, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Loxley Fedec
2. (c) Kevin Thiele, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptostylis_ovata_(15231833318).jpg
3. (c) Gnangarra, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boranup_gnangarra_12.JPG
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1106916

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

iNat Map