Bunochilus montanus

2 Montane Leafy Greenhood at Cotter River, ACT

Bunochilus montanus at Cotter River, ACT - 29 Sep 2020
Bunochilus montanus at Cotter River, ACT - 29 Sep 2020
Bunochilus montanus at Cotter River, ACT - 29 Sep 2020
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Bunochilus montanus 29 Sep 2020 MattM
Bunochilus montanus 29 Sep 2020 ChristianFricker

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All three plants are from the same location within a few metres of one another.

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MattM wrote:
   29 Sep 2020
The colour on that second one is gorgeous!
   29 Sep 2020
The first photo is of a typical B. montantus. The second photo is a squat high colour form, and the third photo is a little strange as the plant had long sepals and a thin very pale labellum. I spotted over 50 plants in a small area, growing with over 100 P. penduculata along with hundreds of P. nutans.
MattM wrote:
   29 Sep 2020
Longer sepals and a thinner labellum are more characteristic of B. umbrinus, and I thought it might be that, but the first two images are definitely montanus. There is a possible sp. aff. montanus that has been popping up lately, but we are not really sure at the moment.
   29 Sep 2020
Thanks Matt, the possible sp. aff montantus was the plant I was trying to find this afternoon.

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