Pterostylis macrosceles

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

Pterostylis sp. 'slender rufa'; Oligochaetochilus macrosceles

Slender Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 79(4): 50-52 (2014) as Oligochaetochilus macrosceles

Diamals Station to Nyabing, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands, and in shallow soil pockets on inland granite outcrops.

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A rare, long-sepaled species 100–350 mm high with six to 10 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 40–80 mm across and up to eight translucent, green and white or brown and white flowers 10–13 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) by its flatter, square topped lateral sepals which have much longer points.

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