1 Purple Beard Orchid at Gundary, NSW
Identification history
| Calochilus platychilus | 16 Nov 2024 | MattM | ||
| Calochilus platychilus | 12 Nov 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Calochilus platychilus | 12 Nov 2024 | RobG1 |
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User's notes
35 cm tall. Quite a different colour, both in flower colour and in leaf and stem colour, from: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4614526
It also appears to be later flowering as there are plants just coming into flower on the 22nd October, whereas the colony
associated with the sighting: (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4614526) was almost finished flowering.
3 comments
MattM
wrote:
14 Nov 2024
Perhaps just an outlier with someone funky genetics? I have seen a C. montanus with a red beard. Otherwise it could be the lighting and the beard appears redder in full sun?
Tapirlord
wrote:
14 Nov 2024
Yeah I think those would be my thgohts as well, it’s a bit early for therophilus
RobG1
wrote:
16 Nov 2024
Thanks Matt and Ciaran, both sightings were in full sun, but this sighting appeared to be redder whereas the other sighting was purple. There were also other plants growing amongst the Allocasuarina, nearby, that had buds that had not yet opened with the same stem colour. I guess it could be natural variation in colouring and flowering time.
Location information
Sighting information
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RobG1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calochilus platychilus Orchids Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Calochilus platychilus Scientific name
- Purple Beard Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1337.4m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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