Corybas aconitiflorus

It is the type species of the genus Corybas.Corybas aconitiflorus grows from a pair of small tubers, to which it dies down in the dormant season.

The stems are short and upright, with generally a single flat, smooth, basal leaf.

There are terminal persistent pollen masses (pollinia), cream in colour, fixed directly to the viscidia (sticky pads which adhere to pollinators).

[2][3][5][6] Corybas aconitiflorus was first formally described by Richard Salisbury in The Paradisus Londinensis in 1807,[1] where it was illustrated by William Hooker.

Corybas is derived from the Greek Κορύβας (Korybas),[7] a male dancer who worshipped the goddess Cybele, shown in illustrations wearing a crested helmet.

Hooker 's illustration in The Paradisus Londinensis : 1 – flower, half of the upper sepal cut away; 2 – half of the labellum showing one of the nectaries near the base; 3 – column, natural size; 4,5 – side and front view of the column magnified [ 4 ]