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Lyperanthus nigricans is an orchid species identified by R.Br. in 1810. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Pyrorchis nigricans.
ORIGIN: Found in New South Wales, Southern Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania at elevations up to 150 meters where it favours heathlands, open mallee scrublands, heathy woodlands and open forests, generally on well drained sandy or sandy loams.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an ovoid, tuber giving rise to an erect stem carrying a single, cordate, erose margin leaf with a few tubular sheaths above that blooms in the late winter and spring on an erect, 2 [5 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 3/5 inches [4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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