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Pterostylis collina
Also called Shiny Greenhood
Pterostylis collina, commonly known as the shiny bull orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a rosette of leaves and when flowering, a single reddish-brown, green and white flower with a curved top.
Pterostylis collina grows in wet forest and on the edges of rainforest on the north coast north of Newcastle.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterostylis collina 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.
