Hymenochilus muticus

Midget Greenhood at Jerrabomberra, NSW

Hymenochilus muticus at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 14 Oct 2019
Hymenochilus muticus at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 14 Oct 2019
Hymenochilus muticus at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 14 Oct 2019
Hymenochilus muticus at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 14 Oct 2019
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Identification history

Hymenochilus muticus 17 Oct 2019 TobiasHayashi
Hymenochilus bicolor 14 Oct 2019 MattM

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Growing on the side of a very rocky path. Not the sort of habit I was expecting to see it.

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TobiasHayashi wrote:
   17 Oct 2019
This one is H muticus, which often occurs in typically low numbers in these kinds of habitats around Canberra. Labellum appendage too pale for H bicolor which is properly black (overall flower shape a little different too).
MattM wrote:
   18 Oct 2019
I thought muticus at first, but I thought the shape was closer to bicolor (when compared to illustrations in the ACT guide).
Hearing from you that muticus grows in those conditions is quite helpful as I thought that this genus only grows in open field conditions.
TobiasHayashi wrote:
   18 Oct 2019
Yeah, H muticus is the dry woodland and mallee species, most of the others are open grassland species (although I think H bicolor in Vic grows in woodland too).

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  • 14 Oct 2019 04:10 PM Recorded on
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