Diplodium laxum

Antelope greenhood at Conder, ACT

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Identification history

	Diplodium laxum	7 Apr 2021	DerekC
	Diplodium laxum	6 Apr 2021	MichaelBedingfield

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In Rob Roy Reserve, in the hills to the east of Conder.

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

7 Apr 2021

Note sighting 4228723 from 2014:- Diplodium sp. (A Greenhood)
This orchid is at the same location as these 300 were, but I could only find 2 this time.

DerekC wrote:

7 Apr 2021

Michael it is still early and this year appears to be not as good as last year and possibly a little later.
The record you referred to in 2014 was 30 July and those numbers included both flowering plants and the later non-flowering rosette leaves. Diplodium basically differ from Pterostylis in that they either first produce flowers ( and no leaves) or later leaf rosettes but not both. Your later 2014 record shows both. In good years, like last year, you get lots of flowers and in other years fewer flowers. They are a colonizing species so produce more than one replacement tuber each year. Flowering is not a good indicator of actual numbers.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

8 Apr 2021

Thanks Derek, do you think it is worth another look in about June?

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Location information

Maps Rob Roy Range
Places Conder, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
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Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Diplodium laxum Scientific name
Antelope greenhood Common name
Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
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Synonyms
Pterostylis laxa Diplodium laxum Pterostylis laxum

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