The Orchids of Western Australia

Banded Greenhoods

 

Pterostylis arbuscula Varicoloured Banded Greenhood


 

Pterostylis occulta – Little Frog Greenhood

This new species is similar to P. sargentii. It is easily distinguished from that species by
the upper lobes of the labellum, which are linear, reclined and densely hairy rather than
bulbous, glabrous and erect
.


 

Pterostylis sanguinea – Dark Banded Greenhood

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Pterostylis vittata – Banded Greenhood

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Pterostylis sp. – Big Chocolate-brown Crowded Dark Banded Greenhood 🙂

Distinguished from the related Dark Banded Greenhood, P. sanguinea, by its even larger, darker chocolate-brown flowers which are usually crowded at the top of the stem.

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Pterostylis sp. ‘northern’ – Small Banded Greenhood

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