Tall Greenhood -native (Pterostylis melagramma)

Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family).

Native to eastern Australia.

Formerly known as Pterostylis longifolia.

Recognise by

• it is many-flowered, with moderately large flowers
• it is leafy, with slender, pointed leaves along the flower stalk
• the tongue is brownish or brownish green, not emerald green.

It is a common and widespread orchid. It differs from the less common Emerald Greenhood in that Emerald Greenhood has an emerald-green tongue.

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