Pterostylis parca (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. APNI* Synonyms: Bunochilus parcus D.L.Jones APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Rosette stalk 30–60 mm long; leaves 3–5, lanceolate to narrow elliptic, 10–35 mm long by 3–6 mm wide, margins entire and plane or crinkled; petioles to 3 mm long.
Flowers 1–8, porrect, remote, 13–15 mm long by 4.5–6.5 mm wide, pale translucent green with thin darker green stripes, nitid, sepal tips brown to orange-brown. Dorsal sepal 10–15 mm long when flattened, shallowly curved. Synsepalum elliptical, 10–12 mm long, 4.5–6.5 mm wide, flat, notched 3–4 mm deep; margins curved; tips divergent to 2–3 mm apart. Petals obliquely oblong, narrow at the base where c. 0.5 mm wide, 10–12 mm long by 2–3 mm wide, anterior margin straight or slightly curved; basal flanges absent. Labellum oblong, 3.5–4.0 mm long by 1.2–2.0 mm wide, reddish brown with a dark central stripe, surface cells bead-like, no acicular cells present; basal mound erect, obtuse; margins parallel; lateral lobes small; midlobe 0.5–1.0 mm long, very shortly notched, the lobes acute, apex upcurved.
Flowering: August–October
Distribution and occurrence: New South Wales in the Central Tablelands from Lithgow to Bathurst between 800 and 1100 m elevation. Sheltered slopes in wet sclerophyll forest with grassy and shrubby ground layer
NSW subdivisions: CT
Text by Matt A.M. Renner (13 Dec 2019) based on Jones (2006)
Taxon concept: Jones DL (2006) Towards a revision of Bunochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Australian Orchid Research 5: 112–142.
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