Citation: R. Rogers in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 126 (1922).

Synonymy: P. pruinosum R. Rogers, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 33:211 (1909); P. patens sensu R. Rogers in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 221 (1943), non R. Br.

Common name: None

Description:
Usually slender, 10-30 cm high.

Flowers generally greenish or brownish, slightly scented, in a dense spike; perianth-segments spreading; lateral sepals almost parallel and usually 2-dentate; labellum varying also in the degree of the flexion, but not abruptly bent, membranous border often whitish (but never a pure white), greenish-yellow or light-prune, greater in extent than the callose portion but not markedly so; the callus plate terminating some distance from the tip but well beyond the bend.

Published illustration: Pocock (1972) Ground orchids of Australia, pl. 97 as P. fitzgeraldii; Fiveash & Lothian (1974) Australian orchids, pl. 90, 1-2.

Distribution:  Rare and restricted to sandy or gravelly-clay soils in open forest. Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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