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Sighting 3343286

Corysanthes hispida

Bristly Helmet Orchid at Aranda, ACT

Corysanthes hispida at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Corysanthes hispida at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Corysanthes hispida at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
Corysanthes hispida at Aranda, ACT - suppressed
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Corysanthes hispida 16 Jun 2016 CathB

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Site lightly burnt 3 months ago, on 20 Feb.

6 comments

MattM wrote:
   14 May 2016
I thought they would have been wiped out this year.
CathB wrote:
   15 May 2016
The site was only lightly burnt, so I had hoped they would survive. There was no sign last time I checked, 3 weeks ago, when leaves had already been up for 2 weeks in the eastern colony. There is nothing happening in the colony you found last year, which was similarly lightly burnt (assuming I was looking in the right place).
MattM wrote:
   15 May 2016
To be honest, I can't even find my colony now... I remember there were plants in the area, and the grass was green. There was fallen timber... I might not be able to find it until the regrowth has occurred and it resembles what it did when I found it.
AaronClausen wrote:
   15 May 2016
But Matt, you are the helmet hunter. Get back on your game please.
CathB wrote:
   16 Jun 2016
Leaves of nearby (also burnt) C. incurva colony coming up in early June and look quite different. I'm therefore happy that this is C. hispida.
TonyWood wrote:
   16 Jun 2016
I agree with C. hispida as the leaves look too advanced (in mid May) to be C. incurva

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