Forest Sun Orchid at Fadden, ACT
Identification history
| Thelymitra arenaria | 5 Apr 2017 | TonyWood | ||
| Thelymitra arenaria | 5 Apr 2017 | TonyWood | ||
| Thelymitra sp. | 4 Apr 2017 | ArcherCallaway |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
I am hoping to get a species level ID on this one as all the others didn't have flowers open (at this point I hadn't been aware they only opened up when it was warm in the middle of the day). Another plant nearby with closed flowers
8 comments
TonyWood
wrote:
5 Apr 2017
T. pauciflora or a related species; need a better view of the column and the leaf would help with id.
TonyWood
wrote:
6 Apr 2017
A broad ribbed leaf, pale blue column brown towards the top suggests T. arenaria.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
7 Apr 2017
If I added leaf photos to all my photos of unopened flowers would that be enough to get a more specific ID? If so I will add them, if it is the combination of the column and leaf that is nessesary I won't
AaronClausen
wrote:
7 Apr 2017
Congratulations on your recent award Ryu! Every bit well deserved and appropriate!!!
TonyWood
wrote:
7 Apr 2017
Ryu,the flower is the critical thing, but sometimes the leaf in combination with the flower is helpful. Only very occasionally is it possible to identify an orchid to species level based on the leaf only.
Location information
- Maps Wanniassa Hill
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2016 10:50 AM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Thelymitra arenaria Scientific name
- Forest Sun Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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