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Nervilia peltata
Nervilia peltata, commonly known as the grey shield orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid found in northern Australia. It has up to three pale green, short-lived flowers with a white labellum and a more or less circular leaf which emerges at the base of the flowering stem after flowering.
The grey shield orchid occurs on the Cape York Peninsula as far south as Hinchinbrook Island and on some of the islands in the Torres Strait. It is also found in the northern part of the Northern Territory. The usual habitat is forest or woodland where the orchid grows with grasses, often in large open colonies.
Tall shield orchid · Ribbed shield orchid · Nervilia simplex · Red shield orchid · Shield orchids
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nervilia peltata 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.
