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Discussion

RogerF wrote:

9 Oct 2024

Not surprising, Royalla TSR is of high Convervation value. There are also several populations of Ks along the railway reserve towards Michelago. I will notify Local Land Services. The opposite property is private land and contains a very large population of Swainsona recta.

Keyacris scurra

MattM wrote:

5 Oct 2024

Hi forest17178. Diuris monticola is a species of higher altitudes and typically occurs in herbfields and adjacent to swamps, and flowers over summer. That doesn't mean you will never find it outside those conditions, but it is much less likely. It's much more difficult to different D. amabilis from D. chryseopsis. D. chryseopsis and D. amabilis flower in sequence with D. chryseopsis flowering in early spring (September) and D. amabilis in mid spring (October). Otherwise D. chryseopsis is a smaller plant than D. amabilis. Your plants appear to have large flowers which are a better fit for D. amabilis. D. amabilis is also supposed to have orange at the base of the labellum, which isn't as apparent in D. chryseopsis.

Diuris amabilis

forest17178 wrote:

4 Oct 2024

Hi Matt and Tapirlord. I'm not sure either, but (I think) D. amabilis might lack brown markings that you see on chryseopsis or monticola? Is it too low in the landscape for monticola to be considered, or is there another reason to rule this out?

Diuris amabilis

Tapirlord wrote:

4 Oct 2024

Matt I must admit i'm still a bit undecided on this one. I do agree that this plant seems to be quite robust and it is apparently flowering in line with D.amabilis over D.chryseopsis. If you are confident let's go with the former.

Diuris amabilis

Tapirlord wrote:

2 Oct 2024

Agh, I always forget about that thing. I’ll refresh my memory on the literature and review this and a few others. Guessing you may well be right!

Diuris amabilis