Mountain Bird-orchid

Chiloglottis jeanesii

A green or purplish-brown flowering plant 4–7 cm tall found in forests in southern Victoria, Australia
Mountain Bird-orchid (Chiloglottis jeanesii) A low growing tow-tone plant with beautiful flowers that have mostly green sepals and petals. The anther cap can be seen as a pale yellow structure sitting up above up-curving dark outgrowths on the lip. Australia,Chiloglottis jeanesii,Geotagged,Mountain Bird-orchid

Appearance

Leaves broadly elliptic, petiolate. Flower green to purplish-brown; Dorsal sepal erect, incurved; Lateral sepals porrect in basal half then recurved; Petals widely divergent; Labellum on short claw; Calli reddish to blackish
Mountain Bird-orchid (Chiloglottis jeanesii) The same plant as in http://www.jungledragon.com/image/36730/mountain_bird-orchid_chiloglottis_jeanesii.html This one shows another aspect of this beauty and the long ovate leaves. Australia,Chiloglottis jeanesii,Geotagged,Mountain Bird-orchid,Spring

Naming

Synonym - Simpliglottis jeanesii (D.L.Jones)

Distribution

Victoria, Australia - in forests from Dandenong Ranges east to Mt Baw Baw

Habitat

Rare but sometimes locally common in fern gullies and wet sclerophyll forests

References:

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http://data.rbg.vic.gov.au/vicflora/flora/taxon/92c11315-ab8b-485b-a42f-31517c6bbe93#tab-classification
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chiloglottis+jeanesii#
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusChiloglottis
SpeciesChiloglottis jeanesii
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Australia