Diuris amabilis
Large Golden Moth at Royalla, NSW
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| Diuris amabilis | MattM | 5 Oct 2024 | ||
| Diuris amabilis | MattM | 1 Oct 2024 | ||
| Diuris chryseopsis | Tapirlord | 1 Oct 2024 | ||
| Diuris chryseopsis | CarbonAI | 1 Oct 2024 | ||
| Diuris chryseopsis | forest17178 | 1 Oct 2024 |
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5 comments
1 Oct 2024
These flowers look quite large, are a deep yellow, and have a few buds. These strike me as being a better fit for Diuris amabilis.
2 Oct 2024
Agh, I always forget about that thing. I’ll refresh my memory on the literature and review this and a few others. Guessing you may well be right!
4 Oct 2024
Matt I must admit i'm still a bit undecided on this one. I do agree that this plant seems to be quite robust and it is apparently flowering in line with D.amabilis over D.chryseopsis. If you are confident let's go with the former.
4 Oct 2024
Hi Matt and Tapirlord. I'm not sure either, but (I think) D. amabilis might lack brown markings that you see on chryseopsis or monticola? Is it too low in the landscape for monticola to be considered, or is there another reason to rule this out?
5 Oct 2024
Hi forest17178. Diuris monticola is a species of higher altitudes and typically occurs in herbfields and adjacent to swamps, and flowers over summer. That doesn't mean you will never find it outside those conditions, but it is much less likely. It's much more difficult to different D. amabilis from D. chryseopsis. D. chryseopsis and D. amabilis flower in sequence with D. chryseopsis flowering in early spring (September) and D. amabilis in mid spring (October). Otherwise D. chryseopsis is a smaller plant than D. amabilis. Your plants appear to have large flowers which are a better fit for D. amabilis. D. amabilis is also supposed to have orange at the base of the labellum, which isn't as apparent in D. chryseopsis.
Location information
- Places Royalla, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
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- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Diuris amabilis Scientific name
- Large Golden Moth Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 826m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Diuris behrii
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Was the plant in flower?
JFMAMJJASOND
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