Corunastylis cornuta

Horned Midge Orchid at Aranda, ACT

Corunastylis cornuta at Aranda, ACT - 27 May 2017
Corunastylis cornuta at Aranda, ACT - 27 May 2017
Corunastylis cornuta at Aranda, ACT - 27 May 2017
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Identification history

Corunastylis cornuta 4 Jun 2017 CathB
Corunastylis cornuta 4 Jun 2017 CathB
Corunastylis sp. 3 Jun 2017 DerekC

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4 comments

CathB wrote:
   4 Jun 2017
This is a known site for C. cornuta, and the second and third images (although not the first) clearly show the leaf tip just below the flowers.
DerekC wrote:
   5 Jun 2017
Thank you for the identification advice, it is very helpful.
While these plants were in a similar area they were separated by some meters. Should I separate them into two separate records?
DerekC
CathB wrote:
   5 Jun 2017
I don't think you need to separate them. I think both plants are C. cornuta and, from the location, the first one might even be the same plant as my sighting from 7 April - see timeline. The stem just isn't very clear in this photo. It's always worth checking the position of the leaf tip and trying to include it in the photos, especially when the flowers have closed.
DerekC wrote:
   5 Jun 2017
I agree images 2 and 3 look like it is your 7 April/21 March records. My first image was possibly taller but had been bent right over and was vertical at surrounding grass height. My other images were vertical but taken with camera rotated 90 deg. it is a new Olympus TG-4 compact and while the uploaded images are correctly rotated on my laptop CNM is not rotating them. I am sure it will be a setting I am yet to find on the camera but until then it does not show the difference between these separate images.

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  • 4 Abundance
  • 27 May 2017 03:33 PM Recorded on
  • DerekC Recorded by

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

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