Calochilus platychilus 

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Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Monocots >  Orchidaceae >  Calochilus  platychilus

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Plant  information

Common name:               Purple Beard Orchid 

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (platychilus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words πλατύς (platús) meaning “flat” and cheilos meaning "lip"

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• It is a plant in the orchid family 

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Distribution:                  

•  Endemic to NSW

Additional notes:     

•  It was first formally described in 2008 by David Jones and the description was published in The Orchadian from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the ACT 

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochilus_platychilus (2023)