Scientific Name: Pterostylis wapstrarum Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: fleshy greenhood

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: A small, sturdy, midget greenhood, 4-7 broad, broad, thick, fleshy dark green leaves forming a rosette at the base.

Height (m): 0.08 – 0.22

Flowers: 5-15 densely crowded, green flowers with darker green veins and irregularly toothed petal margins. Light-green labellum, with a darker recurved appendage and a narrow central ridge.

Municipality
BrightonSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Highly localised, restricted to just a few sites in the Tasmanian south-east and Southern Midlands where it grows in well-drained soil in open forest and grassland .

Propagation Calendar

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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.