Gastrodia procera
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| Tall potato orchid | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Gastrodieae |
| Genus: | Gastrodia |
| Species: | G. procera |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrodia procera | |
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Gastrodia procera, commonly known as tall potato orchid,[2] is a leafless terrestrial mycotrophic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has a robust, dark brown to blackish flowering stem with up to seventy cinnamon brown, tube-shaped flowers that are white inside. It grows in high rainfall forest in southeastern Australia.
Gastrodia procera is a leafless terrestrial, mycotrophic herb that has a robust, dark brown to blackish flowering stem 60–120 cm (20–50 in) tall bearing between five and seventy cinnamon brown, tube-shaped flowers that are warty outside and white inside. The sepals and petals are joined, forming a tube 10–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) long. The petals have wavy edges. The labellum is 14–17 mm (0.6–0.7 in) long, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide and white with orange-coloured edges. Flowering occurs from December to January and flowering is enhanced by fire the previous summer.[2][3][4]