The Society for Growing Australian
Plants Townsville Branch Inc.
PO Box 363 Aitkenvale Qld 4814
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.
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