Plectorrhiza tridentata (Lindl.) Dockrill

Tangle Orchid

Small epiphyte. Stems to 35 cm long, pendent. Leaves elliptic to ovate, to 10 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide, channelled, green to purplish. Inflorescences to 12 cm long, spreading to pendent. Flowers 2?15, to 8 mm wide, green to brownish, labellum white with green or brown markings; spring to summer. Sepals and petals ovate. Labellum 3-lobed, side lobes triangular, midlobe triangular, spur 2?3 mm long, curved. Syn. Thrixspermum tridentatum (Lindl.) Rchb. f.

E Australia.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Plectorrhiza Dockrill