Swan greenhood at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Hymenochilus cycnocephalus | 30 Oct 2020 | TobiasHayashi | ||
| Hymenochilus cycnocephalus | 24 Oct 2020 | MattM | ||
| Hymenochilus bicolor (ACT) = Pterostylis bicolor (NSW) | 24 Oct 2020 | MPW |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
The "Black Tip" Pollination mechanism resets after (accidental) touching. Growing in small groups of 2-5 Floral stems. Each flloret is about 1-2 cm in diameter.
9 comments
MattM
wrote:
24 Oct 2020
Given the "T" shape of the "black tip", I think this is more likely to be H. cyconcephalus.
waltraud
wrote:
26 Oct 2020
Hi Matt,
please see my comment reg coordinates and species id at sighting: Hymenochilus bicolor (ACT) = Pterostylis bicolor (NSW) (Black-tip Greenhood)
w
please see my comment reg coordinates and species id at sighting: Hymenochilus bicolor (ACT) = Pterostylis bicolor (NSW) (Black-tip Greenhood)
w
waltraud
wrote:
30 Oct 2020
Hm. Perhaps this specimen is a Swan Greenhood but not longer in flower?
All those hymenochilus specimen I checked that still flowered in the little patch where MAX took the above 2 photos had a black labellum tip shaped like a M see my comment in sighting mentioned above. I could upload more photos of another specimen if that would be of any help....
All those hymenochilus specimen I checked that still flowered in the little patch where MAX took the above 2 photos had a black labellum tip shaped like a M see my comment in sighting mentioned above. I could upload more photos of another specimen if that would be of any help....
MattM
wrote:
30 Oct 2020
Perhaps it is, but I am still suspicious that the top part of the appendage is obscured. The "T" in cycnocephalus is generally lighter and less robust than this. Perhaps I am overthinking this all and we should defer to Tobias's judgement.
waltraud
wrote:
30 Oct 2020
In doubt maybe just H. sp?
I looked at the sightings of H cycnocephalus and found that the featuring specimen Hymenochilus cycnocephalus (Swan greenhood) had a labellum tip that looked more like those I saw - all very confusing ...
Location information
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- MPW Recorded by
-
Collections
Plants Orchids MPW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Hymenochilus cycnocephalus Scientific name
- Swan greenhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
-
In flower
- External link More information
-
Synonyms
Pterostylis cycnocephala
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
