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Mountain Bird-orchid

Chiloglottis jeanesii

Description:

Looking very much like the Common Bird Orchid in this spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/917...
The flowers in this species were smaller and not as robust. The flowers had just a slight tinge of purple and the leaves, that were paired were all green and small. Flower buds (pic 3) were a pale green.

Habitat:

Spotted in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. growing in leaf litter in semi shade. Endemic to Victoria,Australia.

Notes:

Familty: Orchidaceae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 27, 2015
Submitted on Sep 27, 2015

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