Genoplesium simulans

Blue Mountains midge orchid
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. simulans
Binomial name
Genoplesium simulans
Synonyms[1]
  • Corunastylis simulans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
  • Prasophyllum morrisii var. intermedium Rupp

Genoplesium simulans, commonly known as the Blue Mountains midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid which is endemic to New South Wales, where it mainly occurs in the Blue Mountains. It has a single thin leaf and up to twenty three dark purplish-black flowers which lean downwards.

  1. ^ a b "Genoplesium simulans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 July 2021.