Pterostylis sp. aff. aciculiformis (Beechworth)

Flowering plant to 25 cm tall, stem leaves 3–6, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 5–12, oblong to elliptic, 1–3 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, margins entire. Flowers 1–8, 12–14 mm long, transparent with green and brownish suffusions, porrect; dorsal sepal with an upcurved filiform point to 1.5–3 mm long; lateral sepals swept back, conjoined part elliptic in outline when flattened, shallowly concave, margins incurved, glabrous, free points 6–12 mm long, parallel; petals with a well developed proximal flange. Labellum obovate, c. 4 mm long, c. 2.5 mm wide, thick; marginal hairs in 3–5 pairs, 1–3 mm long, white, basal lobe hardly raised, with numerous white hairs c. 0.5 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Dec.