Genoplesium fimbriatum

Fringed midge orchid
Genoplesium fimbriatum in the Cathedral Rock National Park
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. fimbriatum
Binomial name
Genoplesium fimbriatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Prasophyllum fimbriatum R.Br.
  • Corunastylis fimbriata (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Genoplesium fimbriatum, commonly known as the fringed midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid found from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales. It has a single thin leaf and up to thirty green to brownish-green flowers with red stripes and a red-tipped labellum with hairy edges.

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