Calochilus montanus
Copper Beard Orchid at Undefined Area
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| Calochilus montanus | TonyWood | 5 Nov 2015 |
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4 comments
28 Oct 2015
I would presume it's C. montanus. However Tony hinted that they might be the same species. I saw a leaf in the photos. Apparently C. saprophyticus doesn't have a leaf. Is the browning leaf part of the plant in question?
28 Oct 2015
Correction: they both have leaves, but C. saprophyticus doesn't have the large basal leave that montanus has. Apparently saprophyticus hasn't been seen on Black Mountain since 1995.
29 Oct 2015
Thanks Matt - it looks the same as montanus, which I recorded within 5m of this record, but didn't appear to have a large basal leaf which I did see on the nearby montanus
29 Oct 2015
That's so cool! I'd love to be able to compare the species so close together. Now I just need to find it...
Location information
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Calochilus montanus Scientific name
- Copper Beard Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1267.6m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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