Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: A terrestrial orchid up to 25cm high forming large colonies.
Flowers: Green and red-brown, irregular, hooded flower, solitary on flowering stem.
Flowering: August-September.
Fruit: A green capsule that turns brown with age
Leaves: Basal rosette of 2-6 blunt-tipped ovate to oblong fleshy leaves 2-6cm long and 6-18mm wide.
Habitat: In ferny gullies in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest.
Features: Hooded green and red-brown flower on single stem. Basal rosette of leaves.
Name:
Pterostylis From Greek pteron = wing and stylos = style (referring to its winged column)
pedunculata From Latin pedunculus = little foot (i.e. a stalk) and atus – like (referring the stalk (peduncle) of its flower)
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Type |
Orchid |
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Flowers |
Form |
Single, Irregular |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Green, Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Linear |
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Length |
Small, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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