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Pterostylis smargdyna
A rare greenhood in Victoria, very similar to P. melomelagrama but the labellum is green rather dark brown-black, also the folds within the hood do not touch in P. smargdyna. See http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/431... Pic 2 shows a flower once the labellum has triggered trapping an insect inside. The labellum may reset several times during the lifetime of the flower.
Box-ironbark forest
Spotted on Jul 5, 2014
Submitted on Jul 5, 2014
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