Slaty Helmet Orchid at suppressed
Identification history
| Corysanthes incurva | 28 Sep 2015 | TonyWood | ||
| Corysanthes incurva | 27 Sep 2015 | MattM | ||
| Corysanthes sp. | 26 Sep 2015 | FranM |
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5 comments
MattM
wrote:
27 Sep 2015
I would assume this is C. incurva. Did you see any little "crispy" bits at the kink in any of the leaves? C. incurva has just finished flowering, so that is all that remains.
FranM
wrote:
27 Sep 2015
No, there was no sign of spent flowers. I thought they had a fresh look of something just emerging and yet to flower. Size between 5 and 10 cent coin.
MattM
wrote:
27 Sep 2015
That sounds about right. The plants would have finished flowering a few weeks ago. Based on my observations, the flowers proceed to disappear at an alarming rate leaving little to no trace they ever existed. Still, it's a good find. There are only a small handful of known colonies in the ACT.
MattM
wrote:
28 Sep 2015
This sighting might give you a bit of an idea as to the size of the orchid.
http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1944816
TonyWood
wrote:
28 Sep 2015
Despite the lack of flowers I've confirmed this on the basis that I have seen flowering plants there previously, and I can't think what else it could be.
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- FranM Recorded by
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Collections
FranM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Corysanthes incurva Orchids Plants
Species information
- Corysanthes incurva Scientific name
- Slaty Helmet Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Corybas incurvus Corysanthes incurva