Drymoanthus adversus

Plant: Leaves to 15 mm, in fan shaped clusters sticking out from the stem, evenly coloured, glossy, fleshy.

Flowers: 4mm across, creamy to green, usually flecked with reddish purple. Sepals and petals similar, elliptic.

Flowering: October to December.

Labellum cupped with upright flattened calli at each side, often meeting at the centre.

Habitat: on a wide range of host trees and on rocky outcrops; on foggy spurs or stream sides, from lowland to subalpine forest.

Conservation: common, locally a few plants on a tree; not threatened.

Key features: white roots leading from a clump of leaves sticking out from the stem or surface; leaves unspotted, flowers spotted.