Rufous midge orchid at Point 60
Identification history
| Corunastylis clivicola | 18 Mar 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Corunastylis cornuta | 17 Mar 2016 | Ryl |
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User's notes
No basal leaf apparent. Mostly dead leaves and bark in the metre surrounding the orchid; beyond that is Joycea tussock.
2 comments
CathB
wrote:
18 Mar 2016
The tip of the leaf is well below the flowers, seen best in image 2. This suggests C. clivicola rather than cornuta.
TonyWood
wrote:
18 Mar 2016
The green colour suggests C. cornuta, but green forms of C. clivicola are reasonably common. As Cath says the tip of the leaf is well below the flower which is indicative of C. clivicola (its usually close to the lowest flower in C. cornuta). Also the lateral sepals are not widely divergent as in C. cornuta, but this may just reflect that the flowers are way past their best. So on balance I think it is more likely to be C. clivicola.
Location information
- Maps Black Mountain
- Survey points Point 60
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Ryl Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids Ryl Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Corunastylis clivicola Scientific name
- Rufous midge orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 288 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Genoplesium clivicolum
