Scientific Name: Pterostylis pedunculata

Common Name: maroonhood

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A small, slender greenhood, dark green rosette of oval leaves with prominent veins on sterile plants only. Fleshy stem. Often forms clonal colonies.

Height (m): 0.06 – 0.25

Flowers: A single green and white striped flower, distinctive brownish-maroon markings at the apex. A dark-red labellum is just visible through the sinus opening.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationCoastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Widespread and common in a range of moist habitats from the coast to alpine and sub-alpine areas.

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.