Citation: Nicholls, Victorian Nat. 48:108 (1931).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Bearded midge-orchid.

Description:
Slender plant, leafless, 3-20-flowered.

Flowers deflexed, green to very dark-purple, spreading; sepals and labellum pubescent; column anterior appendage acuminate and ciliate; posterior lobe smooth, obtuse or acuminate, pale-coloured.

Published illustration: Cady & Rotherham (1970) Australian native orchids in colour, pl. 33.

Distribution:  No specimen has been collected in S.Aust. It occurs in small groups under heath and low forest in damp clay soils in the Glenelg River National Park.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Dec. — May.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available