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Diuris nigromontana

Black Mountain Leopard Orchid at Acton, ACT

Diuris nigromontana at Acton, ACT - suppressed
Diuris nigromontana at Acton, ACT - suppressed
Diuris nigromontana at Acton, ACT - suppressed
Diuris nigromontana at Acton, ACT - suppressed
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Diuris nigromontana 14 Oct 2020 CathB
Diuris nigromontana 14 Oct 2020 CathB
Diuris semilunulata 10 Oct 2020 shoko

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4 comments

TobiasHayashi wrote:
   14 Oct 2020
Why not just Diuris nigromontana for this one Shoko?
shoko wrote:
   14 Oct 2020
The flowers were larger, more orange-yellow, with the lateral sepals more heavily curved towards the stem. The stem was quite dark in colour compared to the typical nigromontana on BM. The shape of the flowers were more flat like a panda face, rather than gazelle-like. Quite different overall compared to nigromontana. I thought it wasn't a pardina (flowers larger than pardina), definitely not sulphurea, so the remaining species was semilunulata.
MattM wrote:
   14 Oct 2020
Unfortunately I still can't see this plant as being anything other than D. nigromontana.
shoko wrote:
   14 Oct 2020
Thanks for the discussion and ID all. Maybe it received a bit more moisture and was happier considering it was in a relatively shaded spot on the south side of the mountain.

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