Prasophyllum sphacelatum

1 Large Alpine Leek-orchid at Cotter River, ACT

Prasophyllum sphacelatum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Jan 2019
Prasophyllum sphacelatum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Jan 2019
Prasophyllum sphacelatum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Jan 2019
Prasophyllum sphacelatum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Prasophyllum sphacelatum 19 Jan 2019 TobiasHayashi
Prasophyllum sphacelatum 12 Jan 2019 MattM

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Significant sighting

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.

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 12 Jan 2019 01:25 PM Recorded on
  • MattM Recorded by

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  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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