Recorded distribution
Plant
With stems to 1m long, unbranched, forming dense clumps, drooping. Leaves grassy narrow 6-20 x 4-6mm, lacking a central groove, veins inconspicuous.
Flowers
Creamy (sometimes white), to 8mm across, petals and sepals oval cupping around and obscuring a 2mm long column. Labellum orange, 3 lobed, the midlobe broad and bifid (giving a 4 lobed appearance) often with a drop of nectar below the labellum base. Light fragrance.
Flowering
September - December.
Habitat
A common epiphyte on trees, shrubs, rocks and clay under scrub, often with E. autumnalis.
Conservation
Widespread and common, not threatened.
Notes
Distinct narrow leaves.
Key features
Flowers non or weakly scented on long unbranched stems, leaves narrow, spring flowering.
