Nodding Greenhood at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Pterostylis nutans | 28 Nov 2022 | DerekC | ||
| Unverified | 27 Nov 2022 | Venture |
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Found in Tidbinbilla
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DerekC
wrote:
28 Nov 2022
While this flower is a little past its best making identification less certain this is a P. nutans by that nodding form of the flower and that transparent like nature of upper (back) of the galea which is the combination, in Groonhood type species, of the dorsal sepal with the two petals to form that unique hood on these orchids. If and when an insect (in this case a fungus gnat) lands on the labellum it triggers it to snap shut and trapping the gnat inside the hood and forcing it to crawl out past the pollinia and stigma.
Location information
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Venture Recorded by
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Collections
Venture Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pterostylis nutans Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Pterostylis nutans Scientific name
- Nodding Greenhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -5.84m to 1182.09m 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
- GPS evidence of location
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