Pterostylis reflexa R.Br. 1810 SECTION Diplodium Photo by John Varigos and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Drawing Drawing by © W H Nicholls

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Common Name The Reflexed Pterostylis

Flower Size .72 to 1" [1.8 to 2.5 cm]

Found in eastern and southeastern New South Wales and Victoria Australia in heathy forests and coastal scrub in well drained sandy soils at elevations of 10 to 1000 meters as a cool to cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of basal, that are not present at blooming, glabrous, dark green, mid vein lighter, ovate, flat, shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on an erect, 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Diplodium reflexum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Native Australian Orchids Jones 2006 photo fide;

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