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See comments below, I must say I agree having had another good look at it| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | 18 Jun 2022 | Tapirlord | ||
| Acaena x ovina | 4 Oct 2021 | MattM | ||
| Caladenia carnea | 29 Sep 2021 | Tapirlord |
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I’m wondering whether this might be the withered flowers of the C.Carnea plant that was recorded here in 2014……… there are no other plants around and I wonder if this plant has been unable to survive 7 or so years since then. The dead plant has 5 petals per flower head with obvious outer petals and a “hood”. I wonder what this might mean for the isolated plant that had been recently found on red hill.
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MattM
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29 Sep 2021
I am not sure what that is, but it isn’t an orchid. I think this is some other forb, but I can’t quite place it. Orchid flowers tend to disintegrate pretty quickly, although the stem and ovary will sometimes last several years. Generally the fertilised ovaries are quite distinct and resemble a football-shape cage.
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- 1 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2021 04:34 PM Recorded on
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- Less than 10cm Plant height
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