Genoplesium apostasioides (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Freak midge orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Genoplesium

Characteristics

Leaf 150–300 mm long; free part 15–25 mm long, ending well below flowers. Spike 20–40 mm long, 3–15-flowered. Flowers widely spaced, porrect, 4–5.5 mm long, opening erratically or often remaining closed, yellowish green with reddish labellum. Dorsal sepal 5 × 2.5 mm; margins hairy. Lateral sepals parallel to divergent, 6.5 × 2 mm; base humped; tips with or without a vestigial gland. Petals 4 × 1.5 mm, sharply pointed; margins hairy. Labellum stiffly hinged, 7.5 × 2 mm, variously shaped, thin-textured; margins with pink to red hairs; apex sharply pointed. Callus extending nearly to labellum apex.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Locally common; growing in open forest, heathy forest and shallow moss gardens over rock plates.
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Images

Genoplesium apostasioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Genoplesium apostasioides world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947152-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971886
COL ID 6KB2T
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Synonyms

Anticheirostylis apostasioides Prasophyllum anomalum Prasophyllum apostasioides Corunastylis apostasioides Genoplesium apostasioides Anticheirostylis borunastylis Prasophyllum bowdenae