Corybas limpidus D.L. Jones 1991 Photo courtesy of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia (Inc) and © Ron Heberle

Plant and Flower In situ Photo By © The Terrestrial Orchids of South West Australia Website

Common Name The Translucent Corybas - In Australia The Crystal Helmut Orchid

Flower Size .4 t o.6" [1 to 1.5 cm]

Found in Gull Rock, Western Australia at elevations of 5 to 50 meters in dense coastal scrub and the swales of stabilized sand dunes as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with a single, cordate, green above, silvery green below leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a single flowered inflorescence

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

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