Mountain Sun Orchid at Brindabella, NSW
Identification history
| Thelymitra alpina | 1 Dec 2014 | TobiasHayashi |
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Brindabella Valley
6 comments
MattM
wrote:
9 May 2024
@Eamonn I am unfamiliar with T. atronitida. May I ask what features you are using to distinguish this from T. alpina?
Eamonn
wrote:
9 May 2024
Hey, T. atronitida has a shiny black PAL, with a strong transition to the short, yellow tip, that is notched in a different way to the T. nuda group.
Compare with these photos
https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Thelymitra-atronitida-listing-statement.pdf
https://inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=1121164
Compare with these photos
https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/Thelymitra-atronitida-listing-statement.pdf
https://inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=1121164
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
9 May 2024
Hi Eamonn, respectfully disagree here. Flowers were large, column arms weren't curved upwards and post-anther lobe wasn't notched in the way it appears in those T atronitida photos.
Eamonn
wrote:
9 May 2024
Yep, I think I was too hasty, it just has such a strong contrast in the PAL.
T. atronitida usually has strong lines on the sepals too
T. atronitida usually has strong lines on the sepals too
MattM
wrote:
10 May 2024
I welcome the discussion. Thelymitra are very difficult to ID so any comments are greatly appreciated.
Location information
- Places Brindabella, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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TobiasHayashi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thelymitra alpina Orchids Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Thelymitra alpina Scientific name
- Mountain Sun Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1484.91m Recorded at altitude
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