Pterostylis fischiorum
NichollsFlowering plant to 25 cm tall, stem leaves 3–5, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 3–6, ovate, 0.5–2 cm long, 0.6–1.2 cm wide, petiolate, margins entire. Flower 2–2.5 cm long, erect, green, white and rusty brown, dark red-brown towards apex of galea; dorsal sepal with a decurved filiform point 5–15 mm long; lateral sepals erect, tightly embracing the galea, sinus broadly v-shaped when viewed from the front, protruding in a prominent curve when viewed from the side, free points 1.5–3 cm long, filiform, erect; petal margins not flared. Labellum oblong-elliptic, 8–10 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, apex dark brown, obtuse to truncate or slightly notched, not visible through the sinus in the set position Flowers Feb.–May.
GipP, OtP, NIS, EGU, HNF, MonT, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, ACT. Restricted and uncommon in eastern Victoria, from near-coastal open forests and woodlands to montane woodlands, often among grass and bracken, on well-drained soils.
Known to hybridise with P. laxa where the two species grow together.
This species was published (and treated in eariler versions of VicFlora) as P. fischii. However, the species epithet has been corrected to fischiorum.
Jones, D.L. (1994). Pterostylis. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 798–830. Inkata Press, Melbourne.