Common name: Black-tip Greenhood
Pterostylis bicolor M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones APNI* Synonyms: Oligochaetochilus bicolor (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. APNI*
Hymenochilus bicolor (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Rosette leaves crowded, 5–12, ovate to elliptic or obovate, 1–3.5 cm long, 3–15 mm wide, margins entire; shortly petiolate to nearly sessile.
Scape to 40 cm high, with 6–11 closely sheathing stem leaves. Flowers 3–14, c. 1 cm long, green with darker lines, shiny. Galea curved throughout, suddenly decurved near the apex. Dorsal sepal acute to acuminate. Lateral sepals broad-ovate in outline when flattened, 6–7 mm long, 7–8 mm wide, margins incurved, concave, united nearly to the apex; free points broad-triangular, c. 3 mm long, not divergent. Petals broadest towards the middle. Labellum green with a blackish green basal appendage; lamina obovate-oblong, c. 2.5–3 mm long, c. 2.3 mm wide; appendage c. 2 mm long, with a short blunt beak.
Flowering: September–November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest and grassland, widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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