2 Large Bird Orchid at Tennent, ACT
Identification history
| Chiloglottis valida | 11 Aug 2020 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Chiloglottis valida | 11 Aug 2020 | TobiasHayashi |
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User's notes
Small colony. Only two in flower and they looked like they were finishing. The petals were small, but I could not check the calli as the flowers were closing, but feel confident they were not C. valida, which I have seen many times before.
9 comments
MattM
wrote:
4 Jun 2020
If you think this is a different species to C. valida, I will have to leave it to someone else. I am not very familiar with the other species.
PeterR
wrote:
5 Jun 2020
Many thanks and I quite understand, and made more difficult as both species occur in that area.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
6 Jun 2020
Hi Peter, I think on current knowledge there is only C valida locally. (There is a C aff valida which is chemically different but it is visually identical). I'm not sure that the C aff valida in the ACT orchid book is still present or still recognised.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
6 Jun 2020
Not quite sure how you would tell valida and aff valida (sensu ACT orchid book) apart with any confidence, particularly when the flower is closing.
PeterR
wrote:
8 Jun 2020
Hi Tobias, many thanks for all the information, it is good to know. Let me know how you get on.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
11 Aug 2020
Hi Peter, I'll confirm this as C valida for the reasons above. We only include C valida in our upcoming Southern Tablelands orchid book.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
11 Aug 2020
Hi Peter, I'll confirm this as C valida for the reasons above. We only include C valida in our upcoming Southern Tablelands orchid book.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2019 03:09 PM Recorded on
- PeterR Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids PeterR
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Chiloglottis valida Scientific name
- Large Bird Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 239 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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