Gastrodia procera

Tall Potato Orchid at Katoomba, NSW

Gastrodia procera at Katoomba, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Gastrodia procera 15 Dec 2025 PatrickCampbell2
Gastrodia sesamoides 28 Nov 2025 Csteele4
Unverified 28 Nov 2025 Annei

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User's notes

Under a gum tree in a garden bed and another growing up in gravel car port I think its a 'potatoe orchid'

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • 12mm to 25mm Flower size
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Gastrodia procera Scientific name
  • Tall Potato Orchid Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1852.19m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower
  • Synonyms

    Gastrodia procera Gastrodia entomogama Brindabella potato orchid

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