1 Tall Potato Orchid at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Gastrodia procera | 5 May 2023 | MattM | ||
| Gastrodia procera | 4 May 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Gastrodia sp. | 3 May 2023 | Illilanga |
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User's notes
Private property. No public access without permission. Came up in mulch and they came up again in 2022. Not sure of species.
2 comments
MattM
wrote:
4 May 2023
They are quite robust and warty looking plants. They might be G. procera. Would you happen to know if the plants were bent like a shepherd's crook when in bud? G. procera would be erect while G. sesamoides is typically crook-shaped when in bud.
Illilanga
wrote:
5 May 2023
So I had a look back at my messages and this is the other information I got from my nephew (he thought they were weeds!!!). No perfume (I asked him to check) and he had seen them in previous years. 83-93cm tall. I looked at the blurry video he sent me and they are not crooked.
Location information
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga Completed Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gastrodia procera Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre 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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