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Habenaria triplonema

Orchidoideae  

Form and Size: A small erect terrestrial orchid to 50cm.

Distribution: Tropical coastal Queensland between Mt Stuart, and the Bloomfield River. (Also known from the Darwin region.) Occurs on grassy open forest sites on well drained hillsides.

Flowers: An erect inflorescense of greenish-white flowers, up to 30 in number. Flowers in the wet season between December and February.