1 Blotched Hyacinth Orchid at Benandarah, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 3 Dec 2018 | nickhopkins |
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User's notes
Personally identified it as a Dipodium roseum
Treescape (within 10m): Casuarina, Ironbark, and stringy bark.
Geography: On top of a ridge, south facing side.
Stem Height: 65cm
Stem Circumference: 10mm
Flowers about the same size as a 5 cent coin.
1 comment
MikeLeggett
wrote:
4 Dec 2018
Hi Nick - D. roseum and D. punctatum are very close. According to Jones (1988) D. punctatum have '..a sparse central band of hairs extending from the callas to the apex.'; this is visible in your shots. I posted some D.roseum yesterday for you to compare.
Location information
- Maps Benandarah State Forest
- Places Benandarah, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- nickhopkins Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids nickhopkins South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Dipodium punctatum Scientific name
- Blotched Hyacinth Orchid Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 199 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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