Among undisturbed native scrub. Messmate stringybark and brown stringybark dominate the forest canopy. In the forest understorey there are many spring-flowering shrubs, including myrtle-leaved wattle, beaked hakea and large-leaved bush-pea.
On sandy clay soil with quartzite and sandstone outcrops.
On a fallen branch on the ground in rainforest. Occasional on the ground on fallen branches.
Dry sclerophyll forest, in a gully. Growing on wood.