Family: Orchidaceae
Plant: A common terrestrial orchid 10-30cm high forming large colonies.
Flowers: Solitary flowers that are green with translucent stripes, hooded and nodding. The hood is bent downwards and the tip is often recurved, with the lateral sepals pointing forward.
Flowering: June-September.
Fruit: A green capsule that turns brown with age
Leaves: A basal rosette of 3-6 blunt-tipped ovate to oblong leaves 2-6cm long and 2cm wide, with wavy margins.
Habitat: In leaf-litter in sheltered damp locations in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: A solitary green, nodding, hooded flower. Basal rosette of leaves.
Name:
Pterostylis From Greek pteron = wing and stylos = style (referring to its winged column).
nutans From Latin nutans = nodding (referring to its nodding habit).
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Type |
Orchid |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
6, 7, 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 |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire, Wavy |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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