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David Jones, Barbara Jones: Native Plants of Melbourne and Adjoining Areas (Paperback, 1999, Bloomings Books)

As Melbourne’s urban sprawl continues so the pressure on the remaining patches of bushland increases …

The lip is delicately hinged and trembles in the slightest breeze.

Native Plants of Melbourne and Adjoining Areas by , (Page 119)

A warm round of applause, please, for Genoplesium morrisii!

Aside: the photo on facing page 118 of G. despectans, with ruddy purple flowers genuflecting from their blue-green spike against a hazy mauve and blue background, is an eye-catcher. And it’s nice to be stuck.