Corunastylis superba (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 Photos courtesy of Greg Steenbeeke and his Australian Orchid Website

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Common Name The Superb Corunastylis - The Pink Midge Orchid

Flower Size .36 to .4" [8 to 1 cm]

Found in New South Wales at elevations of 400 to 700 meters among shrubs and in grass tussocks in sparse open forests as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a single leaf that bloom in the late spring and summer on an erect, 10 to 20" [25 to 50 cm] long, 4 to 15 flowered inflorescence with well spaced, nodding flowers. '

Synonyms *Genoplesium superbum D.L.Jones 1991

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006