Corybas dowlingii D.L.Jones 2004

Photo by © Mischa & Colin Rowan and their Retired Aussies Orchid Photo Website

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Common Name Dowling's Corybas - In Australia The Red Lanterns Orchid

Flower Size 1.04 to 1.28" [2.6 to 3.2 cm]

Found in New South Wales Australia in tall forests on slopes and gulleys at elevations of 10 to 200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, dark green above, slightly reddish beneath leaf that blooms in the late fall through winter on an erect, short, single flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Australian Orchids Jones 2006 photo fide

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