Diuris amabilis
Large Golden Moth at Bungendore, NSW
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| Diuris amabilis | TobiasHayashi | 8 Nov 2018 | |
| Unverified | purple66 | 26 Oct 2018 |
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8 comments
9 Nov 2018
I've called these D behrii on account of the apparent large flowers and quite golden colouration.
17 Nov 2018
They are very similar to Diuris subalpina (as per126 Field Guide to Orchids of the ACT) but these only grow at higher elevations. They look quite different to the photo of Diuris behrii on p110 of this same book.
18 Nov 2018
I agree about the picture in the book, but the drawings are are more like your photo, as are the other D. behrii sightings on CNM. It's always helpful to have a picture of the leaves - D. behrii has a tuft of leaves like D. chryseopsis, but subalpina has only two.
19 Nov 2018
The picture in the book actually looks quite unusual, if you look at other photos of D subalpina on CNM and the internet they don't look the same as that photo. The angle to the D behrii photo on the ACT book also makes it look a little different. I've never actually seen D subalpina so can't comment on what it looks like in the flesh, but fairly confident this isn't it.
16 Oct 2023
I have recorded large, yellow, late flowering Diuris sp. at Bungendore as D. behrii, which i believe this to be. D. amabilis is a name applied to what have been considered to be D. behrii.
There appears to be only one reference that recognises D.amabilis. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diuris_amabilis
There appears to be only one reference that recognises D.amabilis. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diuris_amabilis
16 Oct 2023
Diuris amabilis is not recognised in NSW PlantNet. D. behrii, which I believe what this is, is recognised in NSW PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Diuris~behrii
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Diuris~behrii
17 Oct 2023
For the sake of Convesation, here is Copeland & Backhouse (2022). The extract refers specifically to Diuris amabilis.
"Only named and described in 2019. Formerly well known as D.behrii, but that species is now considered seperate and endemic to SA and western VIC, nescessitating a new name for plant in NSW and ACT. "
"Only named and described in 2019. Formerly well known as D.behrii, but that species is now considered seperate and endemic to SA and western VIC, nescessitating a new name for plant in NSW and ACT. "
Location information
- Maps Turallo Nature Reserve
- Places Bungendore, NSW
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
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- Yes In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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Species information
- Diuris amabilis Scientific name
- Large Golden Moth Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 826m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Diuris behrii
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In flower
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