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{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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| taxon = Pyrorchis nigricans

| authority = ([[F.Muell.]])[[David L. Jones (botanist)|D.L.Jones]] & [[M.A.Clem.]]<ref name="APNI" />

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* ''Lyperanthus forrestii'' <small>[[F.Muell.]]</small>

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==Description==

''Pyrorchis forrestii'' is a terrestrial, [[Perennial plant|perennial]], [[deciduous]], [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] with an underground [[tuber]] and two or three ground-hugging, egg-shaped, light green leaves. The leaves are leathery, {{convert|35-70|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|20-35|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide. Up to seven sweetly perfumed flowers are arranged on a flowering stem {{convert|100-300|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} high. The flowers are pink and white, {{convert|15-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|25-30|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide and sometimes have red spots. The [[wikt:dorsal|dorsal]] [[sepal]] is narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{convert|17-20|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|7-8|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide. The [[wikt:lateral|lateral]] sepals are similar to the dorsal sepal but narrower and turn downwards and away from each other. The [[petal]]s are a similar size and shape to the lateral sepals. The [[Labellum (botany)|labellum]] is egg-shaped with the narrower end towards its base, {{convert|13-16|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|7-8|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide and has three lobes. It is white with red lines and has fine teeth on its edges. Flowering occurs from OcotberOctober to December but only after fire the previous summer.<ref name="Jones">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=David L.|title=A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories|date=2006|publisher=New Holland|___location=Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.|isbn=1877069124|page =284}}</ref><ref name=Hoffman>{{cite book|last1=Hoffman|first1=Noel|last2=Brown|first2=Andrew|title=Orchids of South-West Australia.|date=2011|publisher=Noel Hoffman|___location=Gooseberry Hill|isbn=9780646562322|page=266|edition=3rd}}</ref><ref name=Brown>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Andrew|last2=Dundas|first2=Pat|last3=Dixon|first3=Kingsley|last4=Hopper|first4=Stephen|title=Orchids of Western Australia|date=2008|publisher=University of Western Australia Press|___location=Crawley, Western Australia|isbn=9780980296457|page=406}}</ref>

==Taxonomy and naming==

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[[Category:Pyrorchis|forrestii]]

[[Category:PrasophyllinaeOrchids of Western Australia]]

[[Category:Orchids of Australia]]

[[Category:Plants described in 1882]]

[[Category:FloraEndemic flora of Western Australia]]

[[Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller]]