Microtis cupularis (D.L.Jones & G.Brockman) A.P.Br. 2007

Paperbark swamp with Microtis cupularis in situ Photo by © Colin And Misha Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Website

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Common Name The Green and White Microtis

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in southwest Western Australia often in standing water in paperbark swamp forest at elevations of 10 to 150 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a green to reddish single leaf that blooms in the later spring on an erect, 8 to 14" [230 to 35 cm] long, thin, 15 to 20 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Hydrorchis cupularis D.L.Jones & G.Brockman 2005

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

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