Description 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 produced on a stem about 30 cm tall. Flowering is in winter and spring (July to October). The plants die back in summer.
Habitat grows in damp protected areas in rainforest, eucalypt forest and scrubland.
Distribution Pterostylis nutans is found in eastern Queensland except far north east, eastern New South Wales, Victoria, south east parts of South Australia and also Tasmania
Growth Characteristics Height: 30 cm Classification
