Botanical name
Satyrium humileFamily
OrchidaceaeDescription
Slender plant up to 40cm tall. Leaves usually two - spreading near the ground - with abrupt transition to conspicuous tubular - slender sheaths above. Minutely hairy edged bracts are sharply down-flexed. Flowers pale cream tinged with green - pink or brown in rather a loose spike - often sweet-scented. Spurs slender - 12-26mm long and diverging or spreading away from the ovary.
Habitat
Stony sandstone slopes or among rocks
Flower Date
September to October - mostly after fire