Scientific Name: Pterostylis decurva

Common Name: summer greenhood

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: Relatively large, erect, slender green white and brown-striped greenhood. Rosette often held above the ground on a separate stalk.

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.3

Flowers: Boldly striped, white and dark green or brown greenhood. Long, thin, curving dorsal sepal. Dark curved or kinked labellum protruding prominently in the set position.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDevonportDorsetGeorge TownKentishLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally common from the coast to foothills and sub-alpine areas, often in stony soils derived from dolerite rock.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.