Gastrodia entomogama

Brindabella potato orchid at Booth, ACT

Gastrodia entomogama at Booth, ACT - 8 Jan 2017
Gastrodia entomogama at Booth, ACT - 8 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Gastrodia entomogama 9 Jan 2017 TonyWood
Gastrodia entomogama 9 Jan 2017 JohnBundock

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Significant sighting

10 Jan 2017

This orchid is endemic to the Brindabella Ranges and is only recorded from a few locations. This is a previously unrecorded location.

3 comments

   10 Jan 2017
I spotted this lot :)
TonyWood wrote:
   11 Jan 2017
Found one last week at Smokers Gap in an area where there used to be large numbers, until the pigs dug out the tubers a few years ago.
   11 Jan 2017
We walked past this lot on the way up and was really close to walking past them on the way down, its really amazing how easy it is to overlook them despite us having been looking down a fair bit since it is a great walk with lots of very nice plants, butterflies, and skinks etc. in addition to the birds.

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  • 4 Abundance
  • 8 Jan 2017 01:19 PM Recorded on
  • JohnBundock Recorded by

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  • True In flower
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

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