Plectorrhiza brevilabris

 Plectorrhiza brevilabris, commonly known as the small tangle orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid endemic to Australia. It has many coarse, wiry roots, between three and nine bright green leaves and up to twenty green, star-shaped flowers with reddish brown markings and a white patch on the labellum. It grows in rainforest on trees, shrubs and occasionally on rocks and occurs on the near coastal ranges of eastern Queensland.
Description.
"Plectorrhiza brevilabris" is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with a single main flattened stem, long with many coarse, wiry roots near its base. There are between three and nine dark green, leathery, narrow egg-shaped to elliptic leaves long and wide. Between three and twenty green flowers with reddish brown markings, long and wide are borne on an arching flowering stem long. The sepals and petals are free from each other and spread widely apart. The dorsal sepal is long, about wide and the lateral sepals are long and about wide. The petals are long, about wide. The labellum is green with a white patch, long, about wide with three lobes. The side lobes curve outwards and the middle lobe has a white, fleshy spur about long that curves downwards. Flowering occurs from November to February.
Taxonomy and naming.
The small tangle orchid was first formally described in 1880 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Cleisostoma brevilabre" and published the description in "Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae". In 1967 Alick Dockrill changed the name to "Plectorrhiza brevilabris". The specific epithet ("brevilabris") is derived from the Latin words "brevis" meaning "short" and "labrum" meaning "lip".
Distribution and habitat.
"Plectorrhiza brevilabris" grows in rainforest on small trees, shrubs and the thinner branches of larger trees. It is found in the McIlwraith Range and in near coastal ranges and tableland south to the Noosa River.