WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Microtis globula

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Name and Authority

Microtis globula R.J.Bates

Common Name

Globular Mignonette Orchid

Complex Name

Microtis media (Common Mignonette Orchids)

Originally Described by

Robert John Bates in J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 7:60-62 (1984)

Distribution and Habitat

Broke Inlet to Albany, growing in peaty soils in seasonally wet flats, flowering only in the season following a summer fire.

Flowering Months

Jan · · · · · · · · · · Dec

Description

A rare species 180–350 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 80–150 mm long by 2–4 mm wide and up to 35 yellowish-green flowers 2–3 mm across.

Distinguishing Features

It is distinguished from all other members of the Microtis media complex by its incurved petals and sepals and very broad sepals.

WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)

Threatened (Endangered)

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