Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha 1968 SECTION Oligochaetochilus
Photos by Colin Rowan and his Retired Aussie's Website
Common Name The Small Sickle Greenhood - In AustraliaThe Southern Hooked Rustyhood
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in New South Wales and Victoria Australia at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters among shrubs and rocks on slopes and ridges as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a basal rosette of 6 to 15 leaves that blooms on an erect, 10 " [25 cm] long, 2 to 10, successively flowered inflorescence that arises in the spring
Synonyms Oligochaetochilus hamata (Blackmore & Clemesha) Szlach. 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 6 1969; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Oligochaetochilus hamatus photo ok
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