Australian Native Plants - Greenhood Orchids
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Pterostylis alpina
(Alpine Greenhood) |
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Height
30cm |
The Alpine Greenhood, also known as Mountain Greenhood, is a terrestrial orchid species from mountainous areas of south east Australia. The flower is green and white with dorsal sepal and petals fused together into a hood over the labellum or lip.... Read more > |
Pterostylis baptistii
(King Greenhood) |
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Height
25cm |
The King Greenhood is a ground orchid from eastern Australia. The flower is large for a Greenhood, growing to about 6 cm long, and is green and white coloured with brownish at the tip of the hood. The dorsal sepal and petals are joined together into... Read more > |
Pterostylis barbata
(Bird Orchid) |
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Height
30cm |
The Bird Orchid is an unusual Greenhood orchid from Western Australia. When viewed from the side, the flower resembles a bird with long pointed bill. The flower is green and white, with a bit of a tiled pattern. The dorsal sepal and petals are... Read more > |
Pterostylis coccina
(Scarlet Greenhood) |
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Height
20cm |
The Scarlet Greenhood is a ground orchid endemic to eastern Australia. The flower is white and greenish, or white and reddish. The lateral sepals have long slender points that are held upright on either side of the hood. The dorsal sepal and the... Read more > |
Pterostylis curta
(Blunt Greenhood) |
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Height
10cm - 30cm |
The Blunt Greenhood is a green flowering terrestrial orchid. The flower is greenish and white, about 3 cm tall and has a blunt hood made up of the dorsal sepal and lateral petals being fused together. The lateral sepals are joined together at the... Read more > |
Pterostylis melagramma
(Black-stripped Greenhood Orchid) |
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Height
20cm - 90cm |
The Black-stripped Greenhood Orchid is a tall terrestrial greenhood orchid growing to about 90 cm in height. The flowers are shiny green with dorsal sepal and lateral petals fused into a hood called a galea. The lateral sepal are joint for most of... Read more > |
Pterostylis nutans
(Nodding Greenhood) |
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Height
30 cm |
Nodding Greenhood is an Australian orchid found in the eastern states. The plant has a rosette of three to six oval shaped leaves that grow to a length of 9 cm at the base. The green hooded flowers droop downwards and are about 2.5 cm long and... Read more > |
Pterostylis pyramidalis
(Snail Orchid) |
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Height
35cm |
The Snail Orchid is a green flowered ground orchid from Western Australia. The flower is green with the dorsal sepal and lateral petals fused together into a blunt green hood. The lateral sepals are held erect on either side of the hood lake snail... Read more > |
Pterostylis recurva
(Jug Orchid) |
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Height
60cm |
The Jug Orchid is terrestrial orchid with striped flowers from Western Australia. The flowers are green and white striped, sometimes with brownish towards the tips, and grow on stems of up to 60 cm in length. The flowers, which are fairly large for... Read more > |
Pterostylis sanguinea
(Dark Banded Greenhood) |
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Height
30cm |
The Dark Banded Greenhood flowers in winter and spring from June to September. Several flowers are produced on a stem that grows to about 30 cm long. The flowers are reddish purple or reddish brown and banded with paler colour. The species (Latin)... Read more > |
Pterostylis sargentii
(Frog Greenhood) |
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Height
20cm |
The Frog Greenhood is a green flowered ground orchid from the south west of Western Australia. The flowers are dark green and lighter green with the dorsal sepals and petals fused into a blunt hood; the lateral sepals are pointed downwards. The... Read more > |
Pterostylis stenochila
(Green-lip Greenhood Orchid) |
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Height
30cm |
Green-lip Greenhood Orchid is a green flowered ground orchid native to Tasmania. The translucent green hood or galea is made up of the dorsal sepal and lateral petals which are fused together. The labellum is green with darker green stripe down the... Read more > |
Pterostylis vittata
(Banded Greenhood) |
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Height
30cm - 45cm |
The Banded Greenhood is a green and white orchid from southern and western Australia. Flowering is in winter and spring from May to September. Several flowers are produced on a stem that grows to about 30 cm long. The flowers are green with white... Read more > |
