Genoplesium superbum D.L.Jones

Pink midge orchid (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Leaf 140–250 mm long; free part 15–20 mm long ending below flowers. Spike 25–50 mm long, 4–20-flowered. Flowers well-spaced, nodding, 8–10 × 12–14 mm, mainly pinkish purple. Dorsal sepal 5.5 × 3 mm, with dark bands; margins with pink hairs; apex sharply pointed. Lateral sepals erect, widely divergent, 10 × 1.3 mm; base slightly humped. Petals 5 × 1.8 mm, with dark bands; margins with pink hairs; apex sharply pointed. Labellum tremulous, narrowly obovate, 7.5 × 3 mm, pinkish purple, thin-textured; margins with numerous pink hairs to 2 mm long. Callus extending about halfway to labellum apex, constricted above middle
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Growth form herb
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Highly localised; growing among shrubs and grass tussocks in sparse open forest in freely draining or moisture retentive, sandy or gravelly soil over sandstone.
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Distribution

Genoplesium superbum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:959762-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971922
COL ID 3FLMJ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Genoplesium superbum Corunastylis superba