Calochilus montanus
3 Copper Beard Orchid at Tralee, NSW
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| Calochilus montanus | MattM | 4 Nov 2023 | |
| Calochilus montanus | DerekC | 4 Nov 2023 | |
| Calochilus montanus | WalkYonder | 30 Oct 2023 | |
| Calochilus platychilus | CarbonAI | 29 Oct 2023 | |
| Calochilus campestris | dan.clark | 29 Oct 2023 |
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Five plants with 5-10 flowers each - all bar one finished and pollinated.
6 comments
30 Oct 2023
Do you have a photo of the leaf or can you describe it, that is most important? Also can you refine the plant height a little?
30 Oct 2023
C.campestris is well possible, it occurs to the west and too the east of us. But we should approach the complex with caution. The flowers seems tardily open which would suggest C.saprophyticus is a resonably strong contender. Could you provide some information regarding the leaves?
1 Nov 2023
I went back to the site and took some more photos and updated the record @DerekC , @Tapirlord . Of course, I forgot to take my tape measure. Bottle opener aperture is 15 mm and that is the flower size. plants are 42-50 cm high. Found 5 plants within ~ 2m of each other. Variably protected by grasses and shrubs. Basal leaves of all plants were either munched at the same growth stage, or are all poorly developed (but don't seem to be reduced to scaley bracts as for saprophytica?). Lens cap is 62 mm
4 Nov 2023
Third look, and brought the total plants to 8 within 20 m. 2 have entire leaves, so most likely Montanus.
4 Nov 2023
Thanks Dan for all your extra efforts and I agree these are C. montanus. It is confusing when the leafs missing for whatever reason and there is natural variation in the flower appearance and size. Again thanks.
Location information
- Places Tralee, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- dan.clark Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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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
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In flower
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