Pterostylis heberlei

Pterostylis heberlei (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Pterostylis sp. 'long beak'; Pterostylis sp. 'Gull Rock'; Plumatichilos heberlei

Herberle's Bird Orchid

Pterostylis barbata/barbata (Bird Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 82(1): 50-51 (2017) as Plumatichilos heberlei

Gull Rock to West Cape Howe, growing in sandy soils in woodlands and shrublands. Due to its rarity the species is listed as Priority Flora in Western Australia.

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A south coastal species 250–400 mm high with a loose, ascending rosette of leaves 12–35 mm across, two to six cauline leaves and one (rarely two) translucent, brown-marked, green and white flowers 8–12 mm across.

It is similar in morphology to Muirs Highway Bird Orchid (Pterostylis longicornis) and may be a variant of that species.

Priority Two

Named in honour of WA Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group member(s): Ron Heberle