1 Large Alpine Leek-orchid at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Paraprasophyllum sphacelatum | 19 Jan 2019 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Paraprasophyllum sphacelatum | 12 Jan 2019 | MattM |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
21 Jan 2019
This species is rarely recorded in the ACT and had not been recorded in this general vicinity since 2003
User's notes
I think there were maybe 30 to 40 plants at this site. Most plants past their best, one plant looked like it had yet to flower, and one plant was in flower. I'm assuming the withered plants are the same as the fresh one and the difference in the petals is due to them shriveling up.
2 comments
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
14 Jan 2019
I think you're probably right with P sphacelatum here. Hard to gauge size from the photos though...were they reasonably tall? Flowers certainly look well spaced as per P sphacelatum.
MattM
wrote:
14 Jan 2019
Only as tall as the orchid book. I deleted the photo with the book because it was blurry. I think that makes it 20-30cm tall.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
Significant Plants Orchids MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Paraprasophyllum sphacelatum Scientific name
- Large Alpine Leek-orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Prasophyllum sphacelatum
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