Name: Chiloglottis jeanesii Common Name: Mountain Bird Orchid
    Synonym:  -
       
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We were at the "type Location" for this orchid, if we could just find it.

We were with a group so there was a chance.  As we jumped of the road and into a bog we hoped someone would find anything soon. It was wet and both mossies and leeches were about, not the place to stay long at if you had a choice.

Lucky for us a plant was found and after a lot of discussion the plant was named as the jeanesii.

Photographed around Toorongo.

Details (Vic):

Flowering:  Flowering December to February.

Size: Up to 55mm tall,  flowers -  one, to 40mm across.

Location: Occurs in mountain areas of Victoria - in damp/wet shaded areas, under bushes.

Endemic, Secure.

 

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