Diuris subalpina

Small Snake Orchid at Mount Clear, ACT

Diuris subalpina at Mount Clear, ACT - 26 Oct 2018
Diuris subalpina at Mount Clear, ACT - 26 Oct 2018
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Identification history

Diuris subalpina 20 Nov 2018 TobiasHayashi
Diuris chryseopsis 27 Oct 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 26 Oct 2018 JohnBundock

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Significant sighting

21 Nov 2018

New location for the small snake orchid which is rare both in the ACT and nationally

4 comments

CathB wrote:
   11 Nov 2018
The location and late flowering date suggest D. monticola rather than chryseopsis.
TobiasHayashi wrote:
   18 Nov 2018
I wonder whether this might actually be D subalpina? Flower seems quite small and seems a little odd for D monticola. Bit hard to distinguish how many leaves it has from the photos.
CathB wrote:
   19 Nov 2018
Another case where a picture of the leaves would help. I am not particularly familiar with either species, so would be happy to go with your suggestion.
TobiasHayashi wrote:
   21 Nov 2018
I'm going to confirm this as D subalpina on the basis of petals underlapping the labellum, small labellum side lobes, reddish base to the labellum and side lobes. Gary Backhouse's orchids of Victoria has a nice discussion on this and related species.

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  • 15 Abundance
  • 26 Oct 2018 12:00 PM Recorded on
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  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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