Small Snake Orchid at Mount Clear, ACT
Identification history
| Diuris subalpina | 20 Nov 2018 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Diuris chryseopsis | 27 Oct 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Oct 2018 | JohnBundock |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
21 Nov 2018
New location for the small snake orchid which is rare both in the ACT and nationally
4 comments
CathB
wrote:
11 Nov 2018
The location and late flowering date suggest D. monticola rather than chryseopsis.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
18 Nov 2018
I wonder whether this might actually be D subalpina? Flower seems quite small and seems a little odd for D monticola. Bit hard to distinguish how many leaves it has from the photos.
CathB
wrote:
19 Nov 2018
Another case where a picture of the leaves would help. I am not particularly familiar with either species, so would be happy to go with your suggestion.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
21 Nov 2018
I'm going to confirm this as D subalpina on the basis of petals underlapping the labellum, small labellum side lobes, reddish base to the labellum and side lobes. Gary Backhouse's orchids of Victoria has a nice discussion on this and related species.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Significant Plants Orchids JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Diuris subalpina Scientific name
- Small Snake Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
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