Stylidium graminifolium

grass triggerplant at Aranda, ACT

Stylidium graminifolium at Aranda, ACT - 15 Oct 2024
Stylidium graminifolium at Aranda, ACT - 15 Oct 2024
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Identification history

Stylidium graminifolium 16 Oct 2024 Tapirlord
Stylidium sp. 16 Oct 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 15 Oct 2024 Bubbles

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I've seen a few colonies of these in wet/sheltered area around the gulleys on Black Mountain. Would love help with an ID please.

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   15 Oct 2024
The budding plant in the first two photographs here looks likely : *Stylidium* (genus) eg. perhaps *Stylidium graminifolium* subject to more information when the buds grow into flowers, of course ?
Perhaps something else ?

The third photograph here, IMHO and 35 years experience certainly identifies to the sun orchids' genus *Thelymitra* – we have to wait until the flowers grow out and open to identify which of many possible species of the sun orchids *Thelymitra* .
   16 Oct 2024
Hi Bubbles, please remove the third photo and put it in as a separate sighting, Thelymitra sp.
Bubbles wrote:
   16 Oct 2024
Oops apologies - that's what I get for uploading from my phone! Yes, lots of Thelymitra in the area too :).
Thanks Jason for your tips. Will go back and visit over the coming weeks to see what blooms

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  • 15 Oct 2024 05:50 PM Recorded on
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