Calochilus montanus

3 Copper Beard Orchid at Mount Clear, ACT

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Identification history

	Calochilus montanus	8 Dec 2021	MattM
	Calochilus montanus	6 Dec 2021	AlisonMilton

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Significant sighting

Tapirlord noted:

4 Dec 2022

Should've been marked signifcant at the time, a rare orchid in the ACT>

7 comments

DerekC wrote:

7 Dec 2021

Alison was the size of the leaf at the bottom?

AlisonMilton wrote:

7 Dec 2021

I'd say maybe two inches in length. Sorry, I grew up with imperial measurements and still can't get my head around metric for some things.
My camera GPS can be a bit inaccurate but I could find the spot again.

DerekC wrote:

7 Dec 2021

That is a short leaf. C. montanus should have a leaf more like 150-250 mm (6-10 inch), the much rarer C. saprophyticus which looks just like it (C. montana) has a very short leaf 20-40 mm. I unsuccessfully looked for C. saprophyticus as part of our post-fire survey work last year.

AlisonMilton wrote:

7 Dec 2021

Hi Derek. I could be wrong about the leaf length. Just trying to estimate it from the photo. If you wanted to take a trip out there, I could locate the site again.

MattM wrote:

8 Dec 2021

The leaf looks long enough for C. montanus so I would be going with that.

AlisonMilton wrote:

8 Dec 2021

If correct, it looks to me that this is the first time it has been reported on CNM outside of Canberra.

MattM wrote:

8 Dec 2021

That’s true. It doesn’t look like we have any records outside out urban reserves. I recall seeing a contender for C. saprophyticus/montanus in the brindabellas, but I was never able to confirm it. Calochilus sp. (A Beard Orchid)

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Location information

Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Mount Clear, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
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Significant AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calochilus montanus Orchids Plants

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Calochilus montanus Scientific name
Copper Beard Orchid Common name
Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1267.6m Recorded at altitude
In flower
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