Pterostylis agathicola D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem. 1997 SECTION Pterostylis

Plant and Flower in situ New Zealand Photos by © Michael Pratt and Native Orchids of New Zealand Webiste

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Flower Size .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm]

Found in the northern island of New Zealand in Kauri forests as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 3 to 6, spreading, sometimes horizontal, grassy leaves that blooms in the late fall and winter on an erect, often red, 1 to occasionally 2 flowered inflorecence.

Synonyms Pterostylis graminea var. rubricaulis H.B.Matthews ex Cheeseman 1925; Pterostylis montana var. rubricaulis (H.B.Matthews ex Cheeseman) Hatch 1949

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Native Orchids of New Zealand, A Colour Field Guide Scanlen & St George 2010 photo fide;

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