Corunastylis nudiscapa (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.2002 Photo courtesy of Graham Corbin and ANOS KABI website

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Common Name The Naked Stem Corunastylis - The Brownish Midge Orchid

Flower Size .1" [5 mm]

Found in SW Victoria and rarely in Tasmania Australia in open forests near swamps at elevations of 50 to 100 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a close hugging leaf with the free part ending just at the first flower and blooming in the later spring on an erect, 1.6" [ 4 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Corunastylis densa (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2005; Genoplesium nudiscapum (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1989; Prasophyllum albiglans Rupp 1951; Prasophyllum ansatum Fitzg. 1885; Prasophyllum densiflorum Nubling 1940; Prasophyllum densum Fitzg. 1885; Prasophyllum longisepalum Fitzg. 1885; * Prasophyllum nudiscapum Hook.f. 1858

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

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