Pterostylis × conoglossa Upton 1967 SECTION Taurantha Photo by © John Varigos and his Orchid webpage

Common Name The Conical Tongued Pterostylis - In Australia Hybrid Bull Orchid

Flower Size .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm]

Found in New South Wales , Australia usually in coastal scrub as a small sized, cold growing terrstrial with a basal rosette of several, dark green, wavy to crinkly leaves that blooms on an erect, 4 to 10" [120 to 25 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence occuring in the fall and is a natural hybrid between P concinna and P ophioglossa.

Synonyms Taurantha × conoglossa (Upton) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Riley and Banks 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Taurantha x conoglossa photo good

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