Chiloglottis chlorantha D.L.Jones 1991 Photo by © The Herman Slade Foundation Website

Part shade Cold LATE Winter EARLY Spring

Common Name The Green Chiloglottis - The Wollongong Bird Orchid

Flower Size 1 to 1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm]

Found in New South Wales Australia as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial species in shrubby and heathy forests at elevations of 300 to 600 meters with a 2, basal, ovate to elliptical leaves that blooms in the late winter till early spring on an erect, 1.4 to 2.2" [3.5 to 5.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Simpliglottis chlorantha (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Simpliglottis chlorantha photo fide

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