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Pterostylis humilis
Pterostylis humilis is a small deciduous terrestrial orchid from New Zealand, growing from an underground tuber and often forming colonies in montane and subalpine forest. It is a native wild orchid rather than a common garden plant, and it is best left in its natural habitat.
Pterostylis humilis is a species of orchid endemic to New Zealand. It has a rosette of leaves at the base of the plant and when flowering stem, leaves which usually obscure the dark green and white flower.
This greenhood grows in montane forests of Nothofagus and in subalpine scrub. It occurs on the Volcanic Plateau and in the Egmont National Park on the North Island. On the South Island it occurs from near Nelson to near the Buller River.
Tablelands greenhood · Needle-point rustyhood · Pterostylis actites · Sharp greenhood · Long-tongued summer greenhood · Kauri Greenhood · Sutton Grange Greenhood · Striped greenhood · Shy greenhood · Winter Greenhood · Alpine greenhood · Coastal greenhood
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterostylis humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
