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Orchid Species: Pterostylis taurus
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Pterostylis taurus is an orchid species identified by M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones in 1989.
ORIGIN: Found in northern and northeastern Queensland at elevations of 700 to 1200 meters in foothills and rangesin open forests among coarse tussocks or rocks and on sheltered slopes or in small gullies with water in the wet season.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with blueish green, erose margined, flat leaves held in a basal rosette that blooms later fall and winter on an erect, 2 to 6 [5 to 15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying a strongly nodding flower.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 1.2 inches [2.5 to 3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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