Pterostylis vitrea (D.L.Jones) Bostock

Glassy leafy greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette stalk 30–6  long; leaves 3–6, 10–40 x 3–5mm. Flower stem 150–40  tall; stem leaves 5–7, 25–90 x 2–4mm, margins usually recurved. Flowers 1–7, 14–17 x 6–8mm, pale translucent green to whitish with transparent areas and indistinct darker stripes. Dorsal sepal tip green to brown. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 12–14 x 6–7.5mm, margins curved, tips green to brown. Petals without basal flanges, 10–13 x 2–2.5mm, outer margin nearly straight. Labellum 5–7 x 2–2.6mm, broadest at base then tapered, cream to yellowish with blackish central stripe and long thin midlobe; surface cells long and hair-like over most of labellum.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

Localised, mainly occurring in ranges, growing in moist to wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest margins in freely draining loams; also rocky escarpments and sheltered slopes close to rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pterostylis vitrea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77094959-1
WFO ID wfo-0000914349
COL ID 4Q6LK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bunochilus vitreus Pterostylis vitrea