Genoplesium apostasioides

Freak midge orchid
Genoplesium apostasioides growing near Bomaderry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Genoplesium
Species:
G. apostasioides
Binomial name
Genoplesium apostasioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Corunastylis apostasioides Fitzg.
  • Prasophyllum apostasioides (Fitzg.) F.Muell.
  • Anticheirostylis apostasioides (Fitzg.) Fitzg.

Genoplesium apostasioides, commonly known as the freak midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to fifteen small, yellowish green flowers with a reddish labellum. The flowers do not open widely and are self-pollinating. It grows in heath and shallow moss gardens on rock ledges from the Blue Mountains to Nerriga.

  1. ^ "Genoplesium apostasioides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.