Prasophyllum affine Lindl. 1840

What was known as P appendiculatum Photos by © Misha and Colin Rowan and their Retired Aussies Orchid Photo Website

Another Flower Color Photo by © Colin Bower and His Flora Search Website

LATER

Common Name The Similar Prasophyllum - Culbarra Leek Orchid

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Victoria and New South Wales Australia at elevations of 10 to 100 meters in sedgy heathlands in well drained sandy soil as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a slender stem carrying a single, erect, terete leaf that blooms in the later spring on an erect, 2 to 4.4" [5 to 11 cm] long, 5 to 25 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Prasophyllum appendiculatum Nicholls 1950

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 as P appendiculatum drawing fide; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo good; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as P appendiculatum photo good

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------