Corysanthes hispida

Bristly Helmet Orchid at Gundaroo, NSW

Corysanthes hispida at Gundaroo, NSW - 19 Sep 2018
Corysanthes hispida at Gundaroo, NSW - 19 Sep 2018
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Identification history

Corysanthes hispida 27 Apr 2020 MattM
Corysanthes hispida 27 Apr 2020 MaartjeSevenster
Corysanthes sp. 10 Nov 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Corysanthes sp. 19 Sep 2018 MaartjeSevenster

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6 comments

TonyWood wrote:
   20 Sep 2018
I'm not convinced this is an orchid.
   20 Sep 2018
Fair enough, the photos are not brilliant either as I only had my phone. The one that has a very long stem was initially flat on top of leaf litter and the like, though, I cleaned that away to get a better look before I realized how deep the litter layer was..
TonyWood wrote:
   20 Sep 2018
I will await a second opinion but to me the leaves look too flimsy and the stems too long to be Corysanthes
CathB wrote:
   21 Sep 2018
It looks like Corysanthes to me. The stems can get quite elongated when plants are growing through thick litter, and the leaves of C. hispida can look thin like this.
AaronClausen wrote:
   21 Sep 2018
The first photo doesn't look much chop to me, but I reckon the second photo looks like Corysanthes.
   27 Apr 2020
See sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4256870 - first flower in this colony definitive evidence of C.hispida

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 19 Sep 2018 03:20 PM Recorded on
  • MaartjeSevenster Recorded by

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  • Less than 10cm Plant height

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