Common name: Shepherds Crook Orchid
Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. APNI* Synonyms: Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial, dormant during winter; pseudobulbs buried or half buried, depressed-globose.
Leaves 3–5; petiole 2–8 cm long; lamina ovate to lanceolate, 15–35 cm long, 4–8 cm wide, with 3 prominent ribs and 4 less prominent longitudinal veins.
Inflorescence 15–30 cm long, 8–20-flowered; peduncle basally erect but recurved through 180° just below the rachis, straightening in fruit; pedicel plus ovary 5–10 mm long. Flowers not widely opening. Sepals and lateral petals 11–18 mm long, 2.5–5 mm wide, white to deep pink. Labellum 10–15 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, pink with red to purple veins.
Flowering: December–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest, often on coastal sand; at lower altitudes, north from the Macleay R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld W.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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