Microtis arenaria Lindl. 1840 Photo by Cathy Powers and her AUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHID OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website
Plant and Flowers in situ Victoria Australia Photos by Colin Rowan and his Orchid Website
Common Name The Sand Loving Microtis - Notched Onion Orchid
Flower Size 1/8" [.3 cm]
Found in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand at elevations of sea level to 500 meters in coastal habitats in sand or well drained clay loams as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, to 20" [50 cm] tall, 10 to 60 flowered inflorescence with successively opening, crowded flowers.
Synonyms Microtis biloba Nicholls 1949; Microtis pulchella var. vivax Lindl. 1840
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 as M biloba drawing fide; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 4 1998 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo good; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 photo fide;
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