Slaty Helmet Orchid at suppressed
Identification history
| Corysanthes incurva | 8 Sep 2015 | TonyWood | ||
| Corysanthes incurva | 8 Sep 2015 | MattM |
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Significant sighting
AaronClausen noted:
11 Sep 2015
First and only known colony of this species on the mountain. Never previously recorded at Mount Majura. Congrats!
User's notes
I believe the first record of C. incurva on Mt Majura. Very small, but dense patch of a little over 100 leaves, with about 5-10 in flower. More and better photos are sure to come.
5 comments
AaronClausen
wrote:
9 Sep 2015
Matt you have just created history :) This find significantly increases the known diversity of the mountain and takes it up to a whole new level as helmet orchids are considered so rare in the ACT. Congratulations mate.
AaronClausen
wrote:
9 Sep 2015
I just got back from Matt showing me the colony, it is impressive. Easily missed, because it is not a huge area in terms of dimensions, but it seems a very dense colony, more so than the ones I've seen at BM. It has a LOT of leaves in a relatively small area. The surrounding area looks very fertile and with the right type of conditions, so I wonder if it was combed more broadly, there is the possibility of finding other colonies or C. hispida.
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
Significant Plants Orchids MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Corysanthes incurva Scientific name
- Slaty Helmet Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 203 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Corybas incurvus Corysanthes incurva
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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