Maroonhood at Canberra Central, ACT
Identification history
| Pterostylis pedunculata | 19 Sep 2015 | TonyWood | ||
| Pterostylis pedunculata | 16 Sep 2015 | MattM |
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User's notes
A colony of perhaps 100 plants. On the top of a hill nestled among rock and tussocks. Not very developed, with only 1 plant showing a flower stem, and a few others showing the first signs of developing a stem. Potentially P. nutans.
6 comments
TonyWood
wrote:
17 Sep 2015
The prominent veins suggests P. pedunculata but I would like to see them a bit more developed.
AaronClausen
wrote:
17 Sep 2015
Wow very cool find Matt. I really hope this is P. pedunculata, but either way Mount Majura is winning! The semi-developed one in your first photo looks more like P. nutans to me?
MattM
wrote:
17 Sep 2015
I'm really not sure which one it is. It's a long way from the other populations, both in terms of distance and maturity. At least it won't be too long before all is revealed.
MattM
wrote:
20 Sep 2015
Having returned to the colony, a flower was found. This is indeed P. pedunculata.
AaronClausen
wrote:
20 Sep 2015
Awesome news well done Matt - this is a really key find for the mountain..
Location information
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pterostylis pedunculata Orchids Plants
Species information
- Pterostylis pedunculata Scientific name
- Maroonhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -3.11m to 1302m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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