Pyrorchis nigricans
Common name: Red Beaks
Pyrorchis is from the Greek words pyr, meaning fire, and orchis, meaning an orchid. Nigricans is a Latin word meaning blackish. Botanically it means becoming black or blackish. It refers to the blackened appearance of the pressed flowers.
Djubak.
The tubers of Pyrorchis nigricans were eaten raw or roasted.
Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern Australia.
Up to 8 deep red flowers are held on stems up to 30 centimetres high above a single fleshy leaf. The leaf can be up to 14 centimetres long by 8 centimetres wide.
This plant does not flower regularly and is usually identified by its distinctive leaf.
This plant was previously known as Burnettia nigricans.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
Orchids of South-West Australia. Noel Hoffman & Andrew Brown. 1992.
Bush Tucker Plants of the South-West. B Daw, T Walley, G Keighery. 1997.
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51412478
Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/16367