Corunastylis formosa
7 Cathcart Midge Orchid at suppressed
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| Corunastylis formosa | Tapirlord | 1 Jun 2024 | |
| Corunastylis turfosa | Tapirlord | 7 Jan 2024 | |
| Caleana major | CarbonAI | 20 Dec 2023 | |
| Corunastylis turfosa | forest17178 | 20 Dec 2023 |
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Significant sighting
Tapirlord noted:
20 Dec 2023
Rare, cryptic, and incredibly difficult to find even if you know what you are looking for. This is a fantastic sighting and an outlying population.
User's notes
Swamp, South East Forests NP, with Empodisma minus and Asperula gunnii
11 comments
1 Jan 2024
Hard to be sure from the photos, but looks more like Corunastylis formosa than C turfosa. Would make more sense on range too. I saw 30+ C formosa in the same area a couple of days ago.
1 Jan 2024
Thanks Tobias, I've submitted it to the herbarium so will see what they come back with. Thought turfosa with a 10x lens in motel light!
2 Jan 2024
Thanks Tobias, now that you say it C.formosa does make more sense particularly at this site. I'll undo the ID and await confirmation from the herbarium.
5 Jan 2024
Hi Tobias and Tapirlord, Mark Clements at the CSIRO Herbarium has confirmed this as Corunostylis turfosa! He has also confirmed our Thelymitra alpicola record from nearby (same swamp from memory) so there is a relationship between orchids in this swamp and those in KNP (noting that T alpicola has also been recorded from the Clyde). Thanks, Rob
6 Jan 2024
It's possible they are both there too? It's pretty common to find several Corunostylis at the one site, although I'm less sure of this in swampy habitats
7 Jan 2024
I will maintain the record as C.turfosa then on Mark's advice. Very interesting!
31 May 2024
I note a discussion on the corresponding iNaturalist record which indicates possible formosa. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/194463027
31 May 2024
This record has been redetermined as C. formosa by the CSIRO herbarium, please amend. Thanks!
31 May 2024
HI @forest17178 @TobiasHayashi if there is a specimen ID provided by the herbarium, it can now be entered into NatureMapr by moderators by clicking the "Verify by" button, selecting the herbarium and entering in the specimen ID.
1 Jun 2024
Thanks Forest, I did get your original request - just takes me a bit of time to get around to everything plus I had to add the species here as well. A super nice record regardless, I'll keep the significance listing I reckon as it more of less still applies
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- No In flower
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- Photographic Competition - image of greatest conservation significance Significant Featured Plants Orchids forest17178 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Corunastylis formosa
Species information
- Corunastylis formosa Scientific name
- Cathcart Midge Orchid Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
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