Diuris sp. (hybrid)
Hybrid Donkey Orchid at Watson, ACT
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| Diuris sp. (hybrid) | TobiasHayashi | 6 Oct 2021 | |
| Diuris nigromontana | waltraud | 5 Oct 2021 |
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Historic photographs. The location is approximate only (the camera I used to take the photos has no coordinates embedded). From memory, there were about 10 plants. I'm sure about the genus but not about the species; D. pardina occurs in the same area but is somehow different. I haven't spotted the plants again since I took the 2005 photos.
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6 Oct 2021
These look to me like hybrids, the labellum shape and and lateral sepals look odd.
7 Oct 2021
thanks Tobias. The closest was D nigromontana; see for instance https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/27238. However, I filed the photos under possible Diuris hybrid; I thought perhaps a hybrid of D pardina / Golden Moths / nigromontana ....
BTW the Field guide to the orchids of the ACT lists the Field firing range, Majura as a location of D nigromontana.
BTW the Field guide to the orchids of the ACT lists the Field firing range, Majura as a location of D nigromontana.
Location information
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- waltraud Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Diuris sp. (hybrid) Scientific name
- Hybrid Donkey Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 791.17m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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