Plant
2-3cm high when in flower. Leaves thin, undulate to smooth edged varying from green to red-veined to red.
Flowers
Above the leaf. Floral bract beneath the ovary very prominent. Dorsal sepal slightly longer than the labellum. Lateral sepals and petals long, filiform. Petals shorter than the lateral sepals. Labellum dark crimson, 5 - 10mm long and forming a cylinder. Labellum opening usually oval, pale, and with a fimbriate edge.
Flowering
September - November.
Habitat
Clay banks, usually in moderate shade. Throughout.
Conservation
Common.
Notes
Big specimens may have a second or third flower. Variations show a range of labellar midlobe calli from none, to small warty, to a patch of hairlike calli. White flowered forms occur.
Key features
Pale, frilly edge to the dark crimson, tubular labellum and the thin, undulate to smooth edged red-veined leaf.
