Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHAROPHYTA
Class
EQUISETOPSIDA
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Genus
Plectorrhiza
Species
beckleri
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Lipped Orchid
Alternate name
Is historical
False
No images were found for this Species
QLD
Near Threatened
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Rare
Historical abundance
Insufficient data
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Mudgeeraba-Wunburra
Known location
Mudgeeraba
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Gully, drainage line, ravine, gorge, outwash, valley or valley floor: +/- intermittently wet.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Eucalypt Forest
Habitat comment
Grows in rainforest, at low to moderate altitudes, on the outer twigs of rainforest trees often near watercourses.
Threats
Forestry operations and land clearing for agriculture, and urban development, are the major threats to this species.
Management
Where ever possible field searches are required in an attempt to rediscover populations of this species in the field. Reservations of suitable populations should then be undertaken to maintain genetic diversity and species provenance and the species established in botanic gardens.
Community type
Rainforest, Vine scrub, Vine forest, Closed forest, notophyll vine forest, mesophyll vine forest
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Epiphyte
Description
Epiphyte. Flowers; green with purple or crimson markings. September to November
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999, Briggs and Leigh 1996, Stanley and Ross 1983-1989 3:446, Harden 4:246