Genoplesium ectopum D.L.Jones

Brindabella midge orchid (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Leaf 100–250 mm long: free part 15–20 mm long, ending well below flowers. Spike 20–40 mm long, 15–35-flowered. Flowers moderately crowded, porrect, 5 × 5.5 mm, green and reddish purple to wholly reddish purple. Dorsal sepal 3–4 × 2.5 mm, with purple lines; margins hairy; apex sharply pointed. Lateral sepals widely divergent, 4–5 × 1.5 mm, base humped, then erect. Petals 3 × 1 mm; margins sparsely hairy. Labellum tremulous, 3.5–4 × 1.8 mm, purple, base curved; margins with coarse hairs to 1 mm long; apex pointed, recurved. Callus not extending to labellum apex.
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Growth form herb
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Known only from a single colony; growing in tall peppermint forest in freely draining, stony brown loam.
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Images

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Distribution

Genoplesium ectopum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008911-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971900
COL ID 3FLLP
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Corunastylis ectopa Genoplesium ectopum