Tall Potato Orchid at Bimberi, NSW
Identification history
| Gastrodia procera | 14 Feb 2019 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Gastrodia sp. | 12 Jan 2019 | MattM |
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User's notes
Figured I'd take a photo of the potato orchid while Dad cleared the fallen tree from the road. :p
Could this be G. surcula due to the paler flowers and slender stem?
4 comments
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
14 Feb 2019
I'll confirm this as G procera. Mark describes G surcula as having greyish flowers, although the colonial Tasmanian Gastrodia don't appear to have grey flowers necessarily (I have the Wapstra 2012 Tas Nat article which describes that if you'd like it). I suspect it is impossible to confirm as surcula without digging up the rhizomes.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
14 Feb 2019
I guess if it was G surcula you might expect a dense colony of them rather than a single individual.
MattM
wrote:
21 Feb 2019
Sorry for the late reply, Tobias. I would be quite interested in reading Wapstra article if you have it handy.
Location information
- Maps Bimberi Nature Reserve
- Places Bimberi, NSW
Sighting information
Additional information
- True In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Gastrodia procera Scientific name
- Tall Potato Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Gastrodia procera Gastrodia entomogama Brindabella potato orchid
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