Diplodium alveatum
Syn: Pterostylis alveata
Greenhood

PLANT: Terrestrial tuberous herb.
To 15cm tall. Slender.

LEAVES: FLOWERING PLANTS: Stem leaves erect, bract-like, and up to 1.5cm in length.
NON FLOWERING PLANTS: 2 - 3 basal leaves in a rosette, rounded, larger than D alobulum & D trullifolium.

FLOWER: Single. 1.5cm high. Yellow-green with translucent white stripes. Has a prominent rolled lobe at the junction of the lateral sepals. Dorsal sepal with wire-like tip. Labellum dark brown, erect, obtuse. Red markings on the column-wings.

FLOWERING TIME: February - May.

HABITAT: Beneath Manuka and Gorse scrub.

CONSERVATION STATUS: Non-Resident Native - Coloniser.

NOTES: An Australian species recently discovered in NZ.