3 A Donkey Orchid at Tralee, NSW
Identification history
| Diuris sp. | 5 Nov 2021 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Diuris aequalis | 30 Oct 2021 | IanBurns |
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New find for me in the location. Sorry about the image quality. I only had my phone with me.
5 comments
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
30 Oct 2021
Nice sighting! It does mostly look like aequalis but I'm not completely convinced these are not just a yellow form of another species. Was there more than one inflorescence?
IanBurns
wrote:
30 Oct 2021
I think it was just the one Tobias. I'll take the good camera and have another look at it. It was nearby to many Diuris pardina and stood out like a sore thumb.
MattM
wrote:
30 Oct 2021
@TobiasHayashi I think I confirmed this exact plant as aequalis for another user. Should I undo the confirmation? Diuris sp. (A Donkey Orchid)
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
30 Oct 2021
Ah I see. Good to see those photos from a different angle. Not quite sure something just seems a little different but I can't come up with a good reason for why this isn't aequalis. I'm always a bit wary with these all yellow diuris, as there can also be yellow forms of other species but lets go with aequalis here. To be sure, it would be nice to know there was a whole colony of yellow individuals, not just the odd plant
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
5 Nov 2021
I've subsequently heard from Dan about this plant, and he says that he's known of this individual for quite a few years now but that he's only ever seen the one and that its often seeing growing among lots of other semilunulata. On this basis, I think best to go with Diuris sp. and likely a yellow form of D semilunulata.
Location information
- Places Tralee, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- IanBurns Recorded by
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Collections
IanBurns Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Diuris sp. Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Diuris sp. Scientific name
- A Donkey Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1453.9m 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
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