Pterostylis monticola

Large Mountain Greenhood at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

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Pterostylis monticola 5 Aug 2022 DerekC
Pterostylis aneba 4 Jan 2022 DerekC
Pterostylis sp. 2 Jan 2022 Tapirlord

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About 200m below the summit of mt Namadgi, seems very high for a greenhood.

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DerekC wrote:
   4 Jan 2022
These may be the smaller and less common P. aneba.
MattM wrote:
   4 Jan 2022
They are quite big and quite broad. I would be inclined to call this P. monticola.
DerekC wrote:
   5 Aug 2022
I agree, the broad and bulging sinus with shallow notch all suggest P. monticola.

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