Common name:
Orchid
Family name:
Orchidaceae
Botanical name:
Caladenia spp.
Flowering/fruiting season:
Flower in spring
Location:
Open grassy forest
Use:
- Food
- Tubers eaten (see Flodd,1980: 94)
Common name: Family name: Botanical name: Flowering/fruiting season: Location: Use:
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Notes:
'… perennial plants which produce a clump of finger-shaped tubers, sweet tasting but not starchy … crisp texture and are quite good to eat fresh. Available all year round.' (Zola & Gott, 1992:44)
Language names:
koolin : Coranderrk, Vic. (Zola & Gott, 1992)
Horticulture :
Terrestrial orchids '… generally considered difficult and short-lived in cultivation …' (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:626)
Similar species:
Use code:
ROOT