Slaty Helmet Orchid - native (Corybas incurvus)

Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family).

Native of South-eastern Eastern Australia.

• the flowers are dark and small, resembling rabbit droppings
• the flowers grow from a single leaf.

Very rare in this district, or rarely recorded.

Name. Corybas: Greek for a dancing priest of Phrygia. The reason for using this name is not obvious.