Caladenia atrovespa
Green-comb Spider Orchid at Uriarra Village, ACT
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| Caladenia atrovespa | TonyWood | 2 Oct 2016 | |
| Caladenia atrovespa | TonyWood | 2 Oct 2016 | |
| Caladenia parva | LukeMcElhinney | 2 Oct 2016 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
3 Oct 2016
New reported location for this rare orchid. Around 80% of all Atlas of Living Australia records for this orchid are from the ACT
User's notes
Possibly Caladenia atrovespa. Other orchid species at same location. Hymenochilis (in flower), Oligochaetochilus? (not in flower), Thelymitra (not in flower)
3 comments
3 Oct 2016
Not certain but I think C. atrovespa, which tends to have a whitish central area to the labellum, and sometimes with more than 5 greenish teeth.
4 Oct 2016
This area has a high orchid abundance and diversity. Strange as it is a very disturbed site. A few sites within the adjacent area also has other orchids yet to flower
4 Oct 2016
Not an area I know particularly well. Interesting that orchids do often colonise disturbed areas. I was out at a private property today near Braidwood which had been cleared and grazed by goats but when the goats were removed some 20 years ago and the land allowed to revert to bush it now has over 40 species of orchid.
Location information
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- LukeMcElhinney Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Collections
- Significant LukeMcElhinney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Caladenia atrovespa Orchids Plants
Species information
- Caladenia atrovespa Scientific name
- Green-comb Spider Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1018.1m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Arachnorchis atrovespa
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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