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| The prominent black tip |
Name change: Hymenochilus bicolor was previously known as Pterostylis bicolor.
Family: Orchidaceae
Common name: Black Tip Greenhood
Flowers: 3 to 15 small green flowers, each about 6mm long. The upper part of the flower forms a small blunt hood and the lower sepals are pouched. The small green lip has a prominent greenish-black rounded appendage. Flowering from Aug to Oct.
Leaves and stem: This greenhood orchid has a basal rosette of 5 to 12 crowded ovate leaves 2.5cm by 1.2cm, and a central stem to 35cm tall.
Habit and habitat: Hemenochilus bicolor is a terrestrial orchid occurring in scattered groups in grassland, grassy forest and woodland.
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| Labellum triggered with my disturbance, protecting pollen |
