Prasophyllum parvifolium

Prasophyllum parvifolium Lindl.

Mecopodum parvifolium; Corunastylis parvifolia

Autumn Leek Orchid

Prasophyllum parvifolium (Hunched Leek Orchids)

John Lindley in Sketch Veg.Swan R. 54 (1840)

Eneabba to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy, sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forests, woodlands and shrublands. The species does not require a summer fire to flower.

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A common, winter flowering species 150–400 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 100–350 mm long by 1.5–3 mm wide and up to 18 green and white, red-striped flowers 6–8 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Scented Autumn Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum sp. ‘early’) by its more colourful, sweetly-scented flowers and later flowering period. When flowers have finished they develop a pinkish appearance resembling those of Rare Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum sp. ‘Brookton Highway’) which has a much later flowering period and occurs in different habitat.

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