Genoplesium acuminatum

Genoplesium acuminatum is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single thin leaf 100–350 mm (4–10 in) long and fused to the flowering stem with the free part 15–30 mm (0.6–1 in) long. Between six and sixteen greenish purple to brownish purple flowers are crowded along a flowering stem 20–60 mm (0.8–2 in) tall and taller than the leaf. The flowers are about 8 mm (0.3 in) long and 6 mm (0.2 in) wide and are inverted so that the labellum is above the column rather than below it. The dorsal sepal is broadly egg-shaped, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and 2 mm (0.08 in) wide with long, coarse hairs on its edges. The lateral sepals are linear to lance-shaped, about 5 mm (0.2 in) long, 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide, have pointed tips and spread widely apart from each other. The petals are lance-shaped to broad egg-shaped, about 3.5 mm (0.1 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide with hairy edges and a sharply pointed tip. The labellum is lance-shaped to egg-shaped, about 3 mm (0.1 in) long, 1.5 mm (0.06 in) wide, with a curled, sharply pointed tip and long, coarse hairs on the sides. There is an oblong callus in the centre of the labellum and extending about halfway to its tip. Flowering occurs between December and May.

Genoplesium acuminatum grows in forest in coastal and near-coastal areas of New South Wales from near Sydney north to Fraser Island in Queensland.

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