1 Stately helmet orchid at suppressed
Identification history
| Corysanthes grumula | 16 Aug 2020 | MattM | ||
| Corysanthes grumula | 16 Aug 2020 | MattM | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Aug 2020 | Jimmyjamjimbles |
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User's notes
In the Lyrebird trail, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Single Purple 'pea' flower growing from single leaf.
4 comments
MattM
wrote:
16 Aug 2020
For whatever reason I am unable to suggest and confirm the species. This is Corysanthes grumula, and looks to be the same colony I reported a couple of weeks ago.
My understanding is that helmets orchids like these are supposed to mimic fungi and attract fungus gnats.
My understanding is that helmets orchids like these are supposed to mimic fungi and attract fungus gnats.
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2020 02:28 AM Recorded on
- Jimmyjamjimbles Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Corysanthes grumula Scientific name
- Stately helmet orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Corybas grumulus
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