Cinnamon Bells; a Strange Little Aussie Orchid

Cinnamon Bells; a Strange Little Aussie Orchid

I have a very strange orchid in my Blackeath garden. Its botanical name is Gastrodia procera. This  leafless, Australian native has been dubbed the Potato Orchid, as the tubers the plants grow from were  roasted and eaten by Aborigines (particularly the Wurundjeri  people of central Victoria).  They are

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