Sarcochilus borealis

Sarcochilus borealis, commonly known as the small lawyer orchid, is a small epiphytic orchid endemic to Queensland. It has up to six thin but stiff, dark green leaves and up to ten green flowers with a white labellum that has reddish brown markings.
Description.
"Sarcochilus borealis" is a small epiphytic herb with a stem long with between two and six thin but stiff dark green leaves long and wide. Between two and ten pale green to dark green flowers long and wide are arranged on a flowering stem long. The sepal are long and wide whilst the petals are slightly shorter and narrower. The labellum is white with reddish brown markings, long and wide and has three lobes. The side lobes are erect and the middle lobe is smaller with a prominent tooth. Flowering occurs between June and December.
Taxonomy and naming.
The small lawyer orchid was first formally described in 1939 by William Henry Nicholls who gave it the name "Sarcochilus olivaceus" var. "borealis" and published the description in "The North Queensland Naturalist". In 1989 David Jones and Mark Clements raised the variety to species status. The specific epithet ("borealis") is a Latin word meaning "northern". 
Distribution and habitat.
The small lawyer orchid grows on trees and vines in rainforest at altitudes of in the Mount Lewis National Park and on the Atherton Tableland.