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Sighting 1947977

Calochilus montanus

Copper Beard Orchid at Undefined Area

Calochilus montanus at Undefined Area - suppressed
Calochilus montanus at Undefined Area - suppressed
Calochilus montanus at Undefined Area - suppressed
Calochilus montanus at Undefined Area - suppressed
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Identification history

Calochilus montanus 5 Nov 2015 TonyWood
Calochilus saprophyticus 27 Oct 2015 MichaelMulvaney

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4 comments

MattM wrote:
   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?
MattM wrote:
   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.
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   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
MattM wrote:
   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...

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