3 Small Snake Orchid at Mount Clear, ACT
Identification history
| Diuris subalpina | 22 Oct 2020 | MattM | ||
| Diuris subalpina | 22 Oct 2020 | MattM | ||
| Diuris monticola | 22 Oct 2020 | SWishart |
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Significant sighting
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MattM
wrote:
22 Oct 2020
The 2 leaves, forward pointing petals and early flowering time is very diagnostic of D. subalpina. D. monticola flowers later (November-Janurary), 5-9 leaves and is much larger. At another site I visited last week they had mostly finished flowering. Good find!
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Significant SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Diuris subalpina Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Diuris subalpina Scientific name
- Small Snake Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1698m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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