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Genoplesium rhyoliticum
Genoplesium rhyoliticum, commonly known as the Pambula midge-orchid or rhyolite midge orchid and as Corunastylis rhyolitica in Australia, is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It is a small orchid with up to eighteen dark, purplish-black flowers and is only known from six sites on the south coast where it grows in shallow soil over rhyolite.
The Pambula midge-orchid usually grows in very shallow soil over rhyolite without shrubs or trees, but sometimes under shrubs in heath. It only occurs in six sites near Pambula.
Corunastylis densa · Genoplesium laminatum · Genoplesium leptochilum · Genoplesium trifidum · Midge Orchids · Pointed midge orchid · Tableland midge orchid · Black midge orchid · Freak midge orchid · Elfin midge orchid · Erect midge orchid · Brittle midge orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genoplesium rhyoliticum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
