| Pterostylis nutans photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Brown, Robert |
| published in | Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 326 1810 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cranichideae | |
| subtribe | Pterostylidinae | |
| genus | Pterostylis R Brown 1810 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | Australia (Coles Bay, Heathcode Reserve, Port Sorell, Victoria, Stroud Wards River, Woodford, Tasmania, |
| New South Wales, Jibbon National Park) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1000 m (0 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Wollongong (Jibbon National Park, Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in the Jibbon Park this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 18 m' to 9 h 42 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 34 - 42 cm (13.6" - 16.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2.5 cm (0.8" L 1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
