Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers 1923

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Colin Rowan and his Retired Aussies Website

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Common Name The Sweet Onion Orchid

Flower Size 1/6" [.4 cm]

Found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia at elevations of 100 to 1500 meters among grass and shrubs in open forests in wet areas as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a single leaf that blooms in the spring and early summer on an erect, 2' [60 cm] long, 5 to 50 flowered inflorescence with successively opening flowers

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

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