Plant: leaves thick, 10-15 x 10mm, orbicular-cordate. Flowers appearing and maturing before the leaf is fully developed.

Flowers: dorsal sepal hood domed green or maroon streaked, slightly exceeding the labellum, translucent green. Lateral sepals to 15mm, upright. Labellum midlobe margins entire above, becoming ragged across the base towards the central acute apiculus. Maroon outside, centre pale cream.

Flowering: May in Nelson July in Invercargill.

Habitat: open forest an scrub, beech forest and dunes. Distribution uncertain.

Conservation: Localised in large colonies in suitable habitat.

Notes: Tiny flowers appear several months before others in the Corybas trilobus group. several entities may be included. Structurally they appear to be tiny, early flowering C. trilobus or C. vitreus.

Key features: very early flowering, flowers open well before leaves fully developed.