Microtis parviflora R.Br. 1810 Photo courtesy of Cathy Powers and her AUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website

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Plant and Flowers in situ, Victoria Australia Photo courtesy of Colin Rowan and his Orchid Website

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Common Name The Small Flowered Microtis - The Slender Onion Orchid

Flower Size 1/8" [3 mm]

A rare, SE Australian, medium sized, deciduous terrestrial species found in grassy forests and open forests often in moist soil and blooms in the summer on a 20" [50 cm] tall, erect, many [10 to 80] flowered raceme.

Synonyms Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. 1871; Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls 1949; Microtis holmesii Nicholls 1949; Microtis javanica Rchb.f. 1857