Nervilia peltata B.Gray & D.L.Jones 1994
Photo by © Clements/Jones and The Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids Website
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Common Name or Meaning The Shield-Shaped Nervilia - In Australia The Grey Shield Orchid [refers to the leaf shape and color]
Flower Size .8 to 1.16" [2 to 2.8 cm]
Found in Northern Territory and Queensland Australia among grass in open forests and woodlands at elevations of sea level to 100 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing terrestrial with a circular, ground hugging, pale gray green, granular, irregular margined leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence. .
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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