Plant
15-20 cm tall, medium-sized, slender-leaved. Leaves 5-20 cm x 4-5 mm.
Flowers
Medium sized 10-15mm tall erect. Lateral sepals scarcely longer than the dorsal sepal, straight, leaning forward to cross the dorsal sepal well towards the tip, creating a wide gape, exposing much of the labellum when viewed from the side. Labellum dark reddish brown, gradually tapered, tip just protruding between the laterals.
Flowering
November - December.
Habitat
Damp ground in light scrub or forest, often on fertile soils, limestone and volcanic. Central North Island to Nelson and Marlborough.
Conservation
Threatened - Nationally Endangered..
Notes
Like P. porrecta and P. irsoniana but distinguished by the wide gap between dorsal and lateral sepals.
Key features
Medium sized flower with straight lateral sepals crossing the dorsal sepal.
