Dipodium roseum, commonly known as rosy hyacinth-orchid[3] or pink hyacinth-orchid,[4] is a leafless saprophytic orchid found in east and south-eastern Australia. In summer it produces a tall flowering stem with up to fifty pale pink flowers with small, dark red spots. A widespread and common species it is often confused with D. punctatum but has darker, less heavily spotted flowers.
Dipodium roseum is a leafless, tuberous, perennial, mycoheterotrophic herb. Between fifteen and fifty pale pink flowers with small dark red spots and 20–30 mm (0.8–1 in) wide are borne on a green to dark reddish black flowering stem 40–100 cm (20–40 in) tall. The sepals and petals are linear to elliptic, 13–20 mm (0.5–0.8 in) long, 3–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide and free from each other with their tips curved backwards. The labellum is pink with dark lines, 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long, 4–6.5 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide and has three lobes with their tips turned upwards. The centre lobe has a broad band of pink to mauve hairs. A rare white-flowering form also exists. Flowering occurs from November to February.[3][5][6][7]
This orchid is often confused with D. punctatum. D. roseum has a broader band of hairs and striping on its labellum, smaller spots and much more recurved sepals and petals. D. punctatum lacks striping on its labellum, has much more pronounced spotting, and has flat or barely recurved sepals and petals.[6]
Dipodium roseum was first formally described in 1991 by David Jones and Mark Clements and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research. The type specimen was collected in Montrose in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges.[1][8] The specific epithet (roseum) is a Latin word meaning "rose-coloured",[9] referring to the colour of the flowers of this orchid.[8] The species was previously included in a wider circumscription of Dipodium punctatum.[1][6]
The rosy hyacinth orchid grows in a range of habitats from dry woodland to wet forests. It occurs in Queensland south from Gympie, on the coast and ranges of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and in most of Australia where it is the most common Dipodium. It is also found in the south-east of South Australia and is the only member of the genus to occur in Tasmania.[3][5][6][10]
Pollination of this species, as for all species in the genus, is by native bees and wasps.[3]: 270
No leafless species of Dipodium has been sustained in cultivation due to the inability to replicate its association with mycorrhizal fungi in a horticultural context.[3]: 270
Dipodium roseum, commonly known as rosy hyacinth-orchid or pink hyacinth-orchid, is a leafless saprophytic orchid found in east and south-eastern Australia. In summer it produces a tall flowering stem with up to fifty pale pink flowers with small, dark red spots. A widespread and common species it is often confused with D. punctatum but has darker, less heavily spotted flowers.
Dipodium roseum es una especie de orquídea de hábitos terrestres. Es originaria de Australia.
Dipodium roseum es una orquídea de tamaño grande, que prefiere el clima fresco a frío, sin hojas y con hábito micoheterotrófico que florece en el verano de una inflorescencia erecta de 90 + cm de largo, con varias a muchas flores que abren sucesivamente. Parece tener una fuerte dependencia de los eucaliptos y probablemente no aparecen en los bosques si los eucaliptos no están presentes. Es posible que esta orquídea sea parásita del hongo que normalmente se asocia con las raíces del eucalipto.[1]
Se encuentra en Australia en los estados de Victoria, Nueva Gales del Sur y Tasmania a una altitud de 10 a 1400 metros en los bosques abiertos y cálidos.
Dipodium roseum fue descrita por D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. y publicado en Australian Orchid Research 2: 51. 1991.[2][3][4]
Dipodium roseum es una especie de orquídea de hábitos terrestres. Es originaria de Australia.
Dipodium roseum là một loài lan được tìm thấy ở đông và đông nam Úc.
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