| Pixie-Caps | |
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| Pixie Caps at Chatswood West, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diuridiae |
| Subtribe: | Acianthinae |
| Genus: | Acianthus |
| Species: | A. fornicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acianthus fornicatus R.Br. |
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Acianthus fornicatus, known as Pixie Caps is a small terrestrial orchid, found in Australia. A common ground plant growing in moist forests and coastal scrub. Found north of Eden, New South Wales. It flowers in winter with a red central stripe.[1]