About Rhinerrhiza divitiflora (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rupp
Rhinerrhiza divitiflora is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb. It usually grows only a single stiff shoot 15–40 millimetres (0.59–1.6 inches) long, and has broad, flat, raspy roots. This species produces between two and six leathery, dark green, narrow oblong leaves. Leaves are 80–150 millimetres (3.1–5.9 inches) long and 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.2 inches) wide. Between six and sixty pale orange flowers with red spots and blotches grow on pendulous flowering stems 200–300 millimetres (7.9–12 inches) long. Each flower is 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 inches) long and wide. Flowers open sporadically and in groups. The sepals and petals spread widely apart from each other; sepals are 35–50 millimetres (1.4–2.0 inches) long and 2 millimetres (0.079 inches) wide, while petals are slightly shorter than sepals. The labellum is about 4 millimetres (0.16 inches) long and 3 millimetres (0.12 inches) wide, with three lobes. The side lobes are erect, and the short, blunt middle lobe has a short spur. Flowering occurs from August to November, but individual flowers only last for one or two days. This orchid grows on trees in rainforest and other humid forests, and sometimes grows on rocks. It occurs between the Atherton Tableland in Queensland and the Hunter River in New South Wales.
