Pterostylis vitrea (D.L.Jones) Bostock 2008SECTION Bunochilus

Side View of Flower Photos by © Colin & Mischa Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Website

EARLY

Common Name The Glassy Pterostylis - The Glassy Leafy Greenhood

Flower Size .52 to .68" [1.3 to 1.7 cm]

Found in Queensland Australia in moist to wet forests including rainforest margins on on rocky escarpments at elevation of 100 to 900 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with a rosette stalk carrying 3 to 6 leaves taht blooms in the fall through early winter on an erect, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, provided with 5 to 7, with the margins usually recurved, stem leaves, 1 to 7 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Bunochilus vitreus D.L.Jones 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Bunochilus vitreus photo fide;

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