Glossodia major

Wax Lip Orchid at Canberra Central, ACT

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Identification history

	Glossodia major	10 Oct 2016	CathB
	Glossodia major	10 Oct 2016	petersan

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3 comments

waltraud wrote:

10 Oct 2016

Peter
I think it is not common; I have seen many Wax-lip orchids particularly in this area but never a 2-flowered specimen. Cath found a triple flowered Canberra Spider orchid the other day, which attracted a bit of discussion, see http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3360982 (ignore the locality bits; this has been solved.)

CathB wrote:

11 Oct 2016

I have seen 2-flowered Glossodias from time to time, but they don't seem to be very common. This reminds me that a plant I have seen locally with two flowers in the past only has a single flower this year. This might go towards answering Aaron's question about whether the 3-flowered C. actensis would always have 3 flowers that is in the comments for the sighting referred to by Waltraud above.

TonyWood wrote:

11 Oct 2016

2-flowered are reasonbly common, especially this year. I've also seen a few white (albino) forms this year.

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Location information

Places Canberra Central, ACT

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petersan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orchids Plants

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True In flower

Species information

Glossodia major Scientific name
Wax Lip Orchid Common name
Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning
In flower
Synonyms
Caladenia major

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