Pterostylis macrocalymma M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Large-hooded rufous greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves 6–10, elliptic, 20–60 x 8–16mm. Flower stem 60–25  tall, 3–  across, 2–10-flowered. Sterile bracts 4–5. Flowers crowded, semi-nodding to nodding, 25–28 x 10–12mm, translucent white with brown or green markings, hairy. Dorsal sepal point filamentous, 8–1  long, decurved. Lateral sepals as wide as hood, deeply concave, margins incurved, hairy; free points filamentous, 20–2  long, curved forwards or upwards, divergent. Petals with small basal flanges, 18–20 x 6–7mm. Labellum spathulate, 7–8.5 x 3.5–4mm, dark brown, fleshy, broadly channelled, covered with short hairs, apex upturned; marginal bristles 10–16, 2–  long; basal lobe small, with few short bristles.
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Growth form herb
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Localised, growing under low shrubs in freely draining stony soil and under native pines in red sand.
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Distribution

Pterostylis macrocalymma world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938994-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288516
COL ID 4Q6H9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oligochaetochilus macrocalymma Pterostylis macrocalymma