Microtis parviflora R.Br. 1810 Photo courtesy of Cathy Powers and her AUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website
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]
Found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia at elevations of 50 to 1300 meters in many habitats in dry to moist soils as a medium sized, deciduous, cool to cold growing terrestrial species found in grassy forests and open forests with a single leaf and blooms in the spring and early summer on an erect, 20" [50 cm] tall, many [10 to 80] flowered raceme. This specis is often found in conjunction with ants and mat=y benefit from their presence.
Synonyms Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. 1871; Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls 1949; Microtis holmesii Nicholls 1949; Microtis javanica Rchb.f. 1857
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 2 1999 photo;AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 8 2004; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006
