Diplodium coccinum
Scarlet Greenhood at Uriarra, NSW
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| Diplodium coccinum | MattM | 6 Jan 2023 | |
| Diplodium aestivum | MattM | 22 Mar 2020 | |
| Diplodium aestivum | shoko | 22 Mar 2020 |
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6 comments
23 Mar 2020
I find these ones hard to ID. The labellum seems to protrude quite a lot, and the flower is not very dainty, so it seems to fit aestivum over decurvum. It also looks a little more reddish brown than usual. Did you see any others on your walk?
23 Mar 2020
I saw two others in different locations, both looked the same with a long tongue and reddish at the top but otherwise green. I also thought it might've been a green form of coccinum, but hard to tell.
23 Mar 2020
That's what I was trying to work out. The lateral sepals seem to be a lot longer on this plant than the coccinum other people have reported. D. aestivum and decurvum typically have quite long lateral sepals too, so I think your ID is correct.
23 Mar 2020
I agree with your description on coccinum and the difference with the flower I found. I'm happy with your conclusion Matt, thanks.
6 Jan 2023
Looking at this plant again it looks a lot more like D. coccinum than D. aestivum. The flower is also scabrous which would make this D. coccinum.
6 Jan 2023
Hi Matt thanks for revisiting this flower, I always had it on my mind for some reason, might have to go back in a few months' time to have another look at them again.
Location information
- Maps Brindabella National Park
- Places Uriarra, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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Species information
- Diplodium coccinum Scientific name
- Scarlet Greenhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1643m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pterostylis coccina
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