Orthochilus foliosus

Orthochilus foliosus is a perennial growing an annual flower stalk of about 60 cm from an underground corm.

The inflorescence is a congested, elongated cluster, carrying from six to forty flowers. The flowers are lime-green, the sepals and lateral petals have pointed tips. The lip, the lower petal, is purple or chocolate brown near its tip with some white along the margins. The flowers are honey scented. Flowering happens from spring to autumn.

This plant is said to be difficult to cultivate (Pooley, 1998; Onderstall, 1984; www.woc21.org).