Diplodium sp. (A greenhood)

A greenhood at Denman Prospect, ACT

Diplodium sp. at Denman Prospect, ACT - 7 Apr 2019

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Identification history

Diplodium sp.	7 Apr 2019	CathB
Unidentified	7 Apr 2019	AaronClausen

Author's notes

little stems emerging

7 comments

CathB wrote:

7 Apr 2019

I'm not sure if these are buds yet to open or if they have been chewed by something. The tips look a bit ragged, but too fuzzy to be sure. Anyway I hope you can go back and check them later to see what happens. It looks like Aaron's Hill is quite an orchid hotspot!

AaronClausen wrote:

7 Apr 2019

Agree Cath, plus more and more I'm thinking the actual stems are NOT from the orchid leaved are just a coincidence of something else shooting up very close to the leaves..

CathB wrote:

7 Apr 2019

Diplodium has separate flowering and non-flowering plants. What you are seeing is mostly leaf rosettes of non-flowering plants and a few flowering stems coming up beside them.

AaronClausen wrote:

7 Apr 2019

Wow I never knew that Cath. So Diplodium babies coming up then. I.e. likely to be autumn greenhoods?

CathB wrote:

7 Apr 2019

Definitely. My guess would perhaps be D. revolutum or even laxum. The stems look a bit tall for truncatum.

MattM wrote:

7 Apr 2019

They look like they have been chewed. Sorry to disappoint.

AaronClausen wrote:

7 Apr 2019

Agree Matt.