Pterostylis ziegeleri D.L.Jones 1998 SECTION Hymenochilus Photo by © John Varigos

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Common Name Ziegeler's Pterostylis - In Australia The Cape Portland Greenhood

Flower Size .32 to .38" [.8 to .95 cm]

Found in Tasmania on slopes of low stabilized sand dunes near the coastin coarse tussock grasslands at elevations of 2 to 20 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with 4 to 7, dark green, blunt leaves with flat margins that blooms in the Australian spring with an erect, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Hymenochilus ziegeleri (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Oligochaetochilus ziegeleri (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001

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

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