Name: Cryptostylis leptochila Common Name: Small Tongue Orchid
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Details (Vic):

Photographed at Baluk Willam Flora Reserve

Flowering:  Flowering December to June, mainly January to March.

Size: Up to 50cm tall,  flowers - 8 -15, to 20mm across. 

Position:  Eastern Half of Victoria, coastal to mountain areas.  Heathy forests, open forests, woodland and taller closed forests in well drained soils.

Endemic, Secure.

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