Recorded distribution
Plant
To 12cm tall, flower spike breaking through near the tubular leaf tip.
Flowers
With up to 30 tiny dark red flowers, self pollinating and long lasting. Labellum margin fringed with cilia, callus cleft by a linear depression.
Flowering
January - April.
Habitat
Lowland to montane, poor damp soil, winter wet clays, often with sundews and sedges. Widespread.
Conservation
Few scattered plants in any locality. Naturally Uncommon.
Notes
Young plants look like Microtis but much slimmer. Pollinated plants can look ready to flower months after actually finishing.
Key features
Leaf much shorter than the base of the flower spike, flowers maroon.
