Prasophyllum subbisectum Nicholls

Pomonal leek orchid (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 150–30  tall. Free part of leaf to 80 x 2–4mm. Spike 60–10  long, 6–20-flowered. Ovary shortly stalked. Flowers widely spaced, unscented, 10–12.5 x 7–8mm, greenish-brown to brown with faint striping, labellum greenish or pinkish, callus green or brown. Dorsal sepal 5–6 x 2.5–3mm, decurved. Lateral sepals free or fused at base, 7–8 x 1.2mm, recurved, nearly parallel. Petals 5–6 x 1.2mm, porrect to incurved. Labellum shortly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 4–5 x 3mm, sharply reflexed near middle, flat or constricted above middle, margins crenulate. Callus narrow, deeply channelled, shiny, extending nearly to labellum apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Highly localised and rarely seen, growing among tussocks and small shrubs in freely draining gravelly loam in heathy woodland and ironbark forest in clay loam.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

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Distribution

Prasophyllum subbisectum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654961-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282498
COL ID 4M9MN
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Synonyms

Prasophyllum subbisectum