Pterostylis xerophila

Flowering plant 12–20 cm tall, stem leaves 2–3, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 5–10, linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3.5 mm long, 9–13 mm wide, margins entire. Flowers 1–8, porrect or semi-nodding, 2.5–3 cm long, shortly pedicellate, reddish brown or brown, with transparent patches on the galea; dorsal sepal with an upcurved filiform point 6–8 mm long; lateral sepals broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline when flattened, conjoined part shallowly concave, margins incurved, shortly ciliate, free points filamentous, 2–2.5 cm long, widely divergent, sometimes slightly hooked forwards at the tips; petals with a poorly developed proximal flange. Labellum ovate to obovate, 4.5–5.5 mm long, 2–2.3 mm wide, brown, thick; marginal hairs 4–6 pairs, 1–3 mm long, white, forward-pointing; basal lobe poorly developed, glabrous. Flowers Oct.–Nov.