Communities

Scientific Name

Burnettia cuneata

Family Name

ORCHIDACEAE

Common Name

Lizard Orchid

Status

Height

0.05m - 0.13m (5-13cm)

Flowers

1-7 white or pink flowers 25mm across, strongly hooded dorsal sepal, red striped labellum.

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Leafless with a dark purplish brown stem

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Heath

Habitat Notes

Damp button grass moorland, sedgeland, damp heathland and paerbark or tea-tree scrub.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

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

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes