Microtis cupularis

Microtis cupularis (D.L.Jones & G.Brockman) A.P.Br.

Microtis orbicularis subsp. cupped labellum; Hydrorchis cupularis; M.sp. 'Windy Harbour'

Cupped Mignonette Orchid

Microtis atrata (Dwarf Mignonette Orchids)

David Jones & Garry Brockman in The Orchadian 14(11): 518-519, Fig. 1 (2005) as Hydrorchis cupularis

Three Springs to Albany with disjunct populations east of Esperance, growing in in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally wet areas that remain moist into early summer. It is not unusual to find flowering plants growing in several centimetres of water.

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A swamp loving species 150–350 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 100–300 mm long by 2–3 mm wide and up to 30 yellowish-green or dull brownish-red, self-pollinating flowers 2–3 mm across. The species previously known as Late Cupped Mignonette Orchid (M. sp. ‘Windy Harbour’) is now considered a form of M. cupularis.

It is distinguished from the related Dark Mignonette Orchid (Microtis orbicularis) by its incurved petals and sepals and cupped labellum.

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