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Family:  Orchidaceae

Description:  Dark Mosquito Orchids usually grow in colonies.  Each plant has a heart shaped leaf just above ground level.

Distribution:  Dark Mosquito Orchids can be found from Victoria to Queensland, usually below 800 metres.  More common in the mountains than coastal areas. 

Comments:  So named because the flowers resemble moquitoes.  Pollinated by tiny insects attracted to the nectar.

Sightings:  
Dark Mosquito Orchid (Acianthus exsertus)

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