Pterostylis baptistii

Flowering plant to 40 cm tall. Rosette leaves 4–8, ovate to oblong, 3–8 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, petiolate, margins wavy or crisped. Flower 5–6 cm long, green and white with brown in the apex of the galea; galea apex decurved to flat; dorsal sepal acuminate; lateral sepals erect, loosely embracing the galea leaving a lateral gap, sinus nearly flat when viewed from the front, notched at the centre, protruding in a prominent bulge when viewed from the side, free points linear-tapered to filiform, 2.5–3.5 cm long, reflexed; petals broad, anterior margins often crinkled. Labellum narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 18–22 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, reddish brown, apex subacute, distal quarter to third protruding from the sinus in the set position. Flowers Aug.–Nov.