Plant
With leaves to 20 mm long, purple-spotted, dull, leathery, in fan-shaped clusters sticking out from the stem.
Flowers
Yellow-green, the labellum lacking the calli in the labellum of D. adversus.
Flowering
October - December.
Habitat
On a range of host trees. Widespread.
Conservation
At Risk, sparse.
Notes
Much less common than D. adversus with which it sometimes grows.
Key features
White roots leading from a clump of leaves sticking out from the stem or surface; leaves spotted, flowers un-spotted and seed capsules spotted.