Microtis oligantha L.B.Moore 1968
Plant in situ New Zealand Photos by © Michael Pratt and New Zealand Native Orchids Website
Plant in Fruit Photo by Greg Steenbeeke and his Australian Orchid Website
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Common Name The Sparsely Blooming Microtis
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in New Zealand in mostly montane to sub-alpine forests, but also to sea-level on the South Island in damp hollows in tussock, grasslands, alpine meadows, and turfy lake shores as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem arising from a single tubular, dark green leaf that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 photo fide;
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