
Cryptostylis erecta, commonly known as the bonnet orchid or tartan tongue orchid, is an orchid endemic to south eastern Australia. A small and common plant, it has dark green lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves and up to twelve greenish flowers with a large, bonnet-like or hood-like, lilac-coloured labellum with a network of purple veins.
Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
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