Onion Orchid at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Microtis sp. | 28 Sep 2017 | TonyWood | ||
| Microtis sp. | 28 Sep 2017 | waltraud |
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User's notes
There were 100s of Microtis in this area; close to 20 in this patch of approx. 2square meters. The first photo shows part of the patch including a specimen with a flower spike close to 900mm tall. The second photo shows details of a smaller specimen taken at the same site a couple of days earlier.
4 comments
waltraud
wrote:
28 Sep 2017
The updated ACT Census of vascular plants Version 4.0, 2017 does not list Microtis unifolia. The species listed in the Census under the common name "Common Onion Orchid" is listed as Microtis arenaria.
Orchids are confusing...
Orchids are confusing...
TonyWood
wrote:
28 Sep 2017
Given the size of this plant it likely to be M. unifolia. However, from discussions I have had with Mark Clements, the name may have changed to M. arenaria.
waltraud
wrote:
30 Sep 2017
Or was M. unifolia and M. parvifolia lumped together under M parvifolia? oh these orchids ....
TonyWood
wrote:
30 Sep 2017
I assumed M. unifolia was now M. arenaria, but I may be wrong; will have to make more enquiries,
Location information
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- waltraud Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Microtis sp. Scientific name
- Onion Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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