Close encounter of the Greenhood kind

Pterostylis sp.The little Pterostylis sp. that I picked up at the Gothenburg International Orchid Show last weekend is now blooming. The Pterostylis name comes from the Greek words meaning winged column (pteron – a wing, stylis – a column), but the common name is Greenhood after the shape of dorsal sepal. Quite frankly, I think it looks more like an alien than anything else, and it is […]