Pterostylis aneba

Small Mountain Greenhood at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Pterostylis aneba	14 Dec 2017	TonyWood
	Pterostylis aneba	11 Dec 2017	GlenRyan

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I haven't really shown scale that well here but flowers are similar size to P. nutans ... flower stems vary a bit but nothing more than 20 cm tall. So have gone with P. aneba as my guess + location (Smokers Gap) also matches Field Guide to Orchids ACT. Nice little stand of about 20 plants in flower - may have been a few more not flowering.

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TonyWood wrote:

13 Dec 2017

Nice find if they are P. aneba. I have seen them in this area but they don't appear every year. They are similar to P. monticola but much smaller. They also often form dense colonies. The labellum is blunt and the sinus deeply notched, which seems to be the case with image 4. If you can confirm the size I will confirm it as P. aneba.

GlenRyan wrote:

14 Dec 2017

Hi Tony - I've added some more images showing the flower size on sighting 3387190. I think these support the P. aneba ID? Let me know what you think. Cheers Glen

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Location information

Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

20 Abundance
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Plants Orchids GlenRyan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower
10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

Pterostylis aneba Scientific name
Small Mountain Greenhood Common name
Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
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