Chiloglottis reflexa

Short-clubbed Wasp Orchid at QPRC LGA

Chiloglottis reflexa at QPRC LGA - 25 Feb 2024
Chiloglottis reflexa at QPRC LGA - 25 Feb 2024
Chiloglottis reflexa at QPRC LGA - 25 Feb 2024
Chiloglottis reflexa at QPRC LGA - 25 Feb 2024
Chiloglottis reflexa at QPRC LGA - 25 Feb 2024
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Chiloglottis reflexa 26 Feb 2024 Tapirlord
Chiloglottis reflexa 26 Feb 2024 MattM
Chiloglottis diphylla 24 Feb 2024 Paul4K

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About 12cm in height

8 comments

MattM wrote:
   25 Feb 2024
How confident are you about this being C. diphylla? The labellum margins appear to be flat rather than recurved which would push this towards C. reflexa.
Paul4K wrote:
   25 Feb 2024
I'm basing ID on the clubs which are long. Unfortunately images don't show this well. For years I thought we had 2 forms of reflexa till some one pointed out that diphylla has large clubs and the robust form was probably diphylla.
MattM wrote:
   25 Feb 2024
Do you have other images of plants from this colony from other years?
Paul4K wrote:
   25 Feb 2024
Probably, but have some from today,not as focused as I'd hoped but may help resolve this. Should I add to previous images or make a new sighting?
MattM wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
I appreciate that. You can add to this sighting.
Paul4K wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Done, hope this resolves it.
MattM wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Those look very much like C. reflexa with the curved petals and flat labellum. C. diphylla generally has straighter petals with downturned labellum margins that make the labellum look narrow when viewed from above.
Tapirlord wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Yeah, I'd say C.reflexa pretty confidently

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