Trigger Plant at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Stylidium (genus) | 24 Mar 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Stylidium (genus) | 23 Mar 2020 | MattM | ||
| Unverified | 23 Mar 2020 | LisaH |
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User's notes
While photographing this flower, I watched the labellum (?) rise to vertical - I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw it move!
1 comment
MattM
wrote:
24 Mar 2020
That's a trigger plant (not an orchid, but they do look like orchids especially from a distance). When an insect lands on the flower it 'triggers' the column to snap up and onto insect's back thereby transfering pollen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.967584-35.414647
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 23 Mar 2020 01:13 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stylidium (genus) Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Stylidium (genus) Scientific name
- Trigger Plant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1741.28m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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