Name: Corunastylis sp aff rufa Common Name: Dark Midge Orchid
    Synonym: Genoplesium sp aff rufa
       
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We weren't looking for this orchid but Mischa found it.  We had walked in this general area in the past but had not seen it.  I had wandered off down the hill and could not see Mischa - we usually stick closer together. I "Cooeeed" to try to pair up again.  We usually meet half way but Mischa was staying put.  Why?  Well when you find one of these orchids they're so small that you can lose them just by turning around let alone moving a few metres away. We met, spent  a minute finding the orchid again and luckily a few more as well.

Photographed in the Beechworth area.

Details (Vic):

Flowering:  Flowering mainly March to May.

Size: Up to 30cm tall,  flowers -  5 to 35, to 3mm across

Location: Various locations, in dry forest,  woodland and mallee country.

Endemic, Secure.

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