leptoceras

Illustration of fourteen West Australian orchids, by Emily Pelloe.

Leptoceras, [lep-toss-er-ass] from leptos, slender, and ceros, a horn.

Glabrous plants. Leaf short, broad and smooth. Sepals acute or rather obtuse, the upper one erect or incurved, concave, petals erect, linear-clavate (club-shaped), longer than the sepals. Note by Dr. Rogers: “The one species in this genus is closely allied to Caladenia Menziesii and the genu Eriochilus) which have been included under Leptoceras by some botanists. On the other hand the single member of the genus is commonly placed under Caladenia by taxonomist and is so included by Bentham.”

Leptoceras Species in Western Australia

Leptoceras fimbriatum, “HARE ORCHID” “FLY ORCHID”; fringed. (Caladenia fimbriata, Reichenbach, Eriochilus fimbriatus, F. von Mueller.)
- see Orchid Illustration 3, no 10
Stems 6in. to 1 ft.  ... Read more