Tall Potato Orchid at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Gastrodia procera | 15 Jan 2022 | DerekC | ||
| Gastrodia procera | 11 Jan 2022 | Tapirlord |
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3 comments
DerekC
wrote:
14 Jan 2022
This one seems too smooth for G. procera it looks more like G. sesamoides to me.
Tapirlord
wrote:
14 Jan 2022
Right, well they are the same orchids photographed in Gastrodia procera (Tall Potato Orchid) ......................
Tapirlord
wrote:
15 Jan 2022
I see, I was under the impression that G.sesamoides didn't occur above 1000m altitude, is this still correct?? I agree with your comments re. the warty bumps on the flowers, but these plants are much more robust than the plants I have encountered at lower altitudes (assuming this is sesamoides). This individual plant is positioned less than a metre away from the plants pictured in Gastrodia procera (Tall Potato Orchid) (I was with John at the time). There are another 4-5 plants in the vicinity, I was pretty confident at the time that they were all the same species.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gastrodia procera Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Gastrodia procera Scientific name
- Tall Potato Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1852.19m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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Synonyms
Gastrodia procera Gastrodia entomogama Brindabella potato orchid
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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