Pterostylis longifolia
1 Tall Greenhood at Moruya, NSW
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| Pterostylis longifolia | Tapirlord | 21 Jul 2024 | |
| Bunochilus melagramma | LisaH | 20 Jul 2024 |
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A small stand of these delicate orchids. Pterostylis melagramma? Or Pterostylis tunstallii? I have no idea. What I did see though, was the labellum on two of the flowers snap shut when I gently moved them - amazing!
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21 Jul 2024
@Tapirlord - Hi Ciaran. I'm a bit confused - I found this reference (of March 2024) which says that Pterostylis longifolia was changed to Pterostylis melagramma? https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Pterostylis. What do you think?
22 Jul 2024
Heya Lisa, as I'm sure we've spoken about, orchid taxonomy is always tricky business! I honestly not aware that Pterostylis longifolia had ever been shifted, but having looked into it what from I can tell the lumping was short-lived. Jones maintains the name in his latest book, as does Lachlan Copeland who suggests that P.melegramma (in the strict sense) is restricted to far southern NSW (Nadgee and so forth) whilst P.longifolia is the common species up the NSW coast. The AlA maintains the name, as does the NSW state herbaria from what I can see so I'm happy to use it here. I wouldn't consider the source you've used as an authority on the Australia orchids (international sites are often slow to keep up). Hopefully that clears the confusion!
22 Jul 2024
That’s fantastic - thank you for the explanation and folllowing up. I know next to nothing about orchids, and embarrassingly relied totally on google for my limited information. Thanks again
Location information
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
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- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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- Pterostylis longifolia Scientific name
- Tall Greenhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 689m Recorded at altitude
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Bunochilus longifolius
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