| Green rock orchid | |
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| Rimacola elliptica near Wentworth Falls | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Megastylidinae |
| Genus: | Rimacola Rupp |
| Species: | R. elliptica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rimacola elliptica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Rimacola elliptica, commonly known as the green rock orchid or green beaks,[2] is the only species of plant in the orchid genus Rimacola and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an evergreen species which grows in clumps in sandstone cracks and has bright green leaves and in late spring, produces arching flower stems with up to eighteen dull greenish flowers with reddish or brown markings. It only grows near Sydney, mainly in the Blue Mountains and near Fitzroy Falls.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 284–285. ISBN 1877069124.