A Helmet Orchid at suppressed
Identification history
| Corysanthes sp. | 4 Sep 2019 | CathB | ||
| Corysanthes sp. | 4 Sep 2019 | MattM |
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4 comments
CathB
wrote:
5 Sep 2019
The shape and texture of the leaves looks more like hispida than incurva, but need flowers to be sure.
MattM
wrote:
5 Sep 2019
Across all colonies, I would have probably seen several thousand plants. Not one of them showed any evidence of having flowered, or having buds. Unfortunately they will have to remain "sp." for the time being.
Given the number of colonies I didn't bother reporting them all because "sp." didn't seem as useful as the actual species name within the database. I did report the colonies on the edges of their distribution.
Given the number of colonies I didn't bother reporting them all because "sp." didn't seem as useful as the actual species name within the database. I did report the colonies on the edges of their distribution.
CathB
wrote:
5 Sep 2019
Not a good year for flowers. I'm surprised you saw so many healthy looking Bunochilus flowers.
MattM
wrote:
5 Sep 2019
I am too. They didn't seem to care that it is a bad year. Everything else though looked to be well behind schedule.
Sighting information
Species information
- Corysanthes sp. Scientific name
- A Helmet Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 62 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Corybas sp.
