Eastern mantis orchid - Caladenia tentaculata

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Ernst

Lion

There is some real mix up with the names . Please have a look at entry nr.4
I think that that entry is the winter spider orchid but I can’t get it to show up. I did use Retired aussies orchid website . I did put an entry of mine with INaturalist and it came back as Caladenia tentaculata. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Ernst, to double-check:
  
  You're saying the above is the winter spider orchid?
  
  Or do you mean to say that YOUR 3 new entries are the winter spider orchid? Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
2. 1. Ernst
    
    Lion
    
    Yes Ferdy there Must have been a name change at some time as that entry has the same naming as my entries. I am not an expert at all and I just go by others who have more experience and then add the species name. My entries are Eastern mantis orchid and the identification came from INaturalist Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks, Ernst.
      
      All 4 entries were already identified as Caladenia tentaculata, yet it had the common name "Fringed orchid", which seems incorrect. So the binomial ID was correct, common name was not, and I suppose this made it confusing. Changed the common name of the species record to Eastern Mantis Orchid instead.
      
      This leaves the question of whether the above linked orchid photo is also Caladenia tentaculata, or whether it was perhaps incorrectly identified as such. Although I'm no expert, I see a lot of reference photos matching almost exactly, example:
      https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/39398031
      
      So to me, all 4 entries now are correct, it required only a common name change. Let me know if you agree/disagree. Posted 4 years ago
    2. 1. Ernst
        
        Lion
        
        Ferdy , I will in the next few days go back and take more photos from different angles if that is ok .I am sorry but to me it looks like 2 different orchids.
        Posted 4 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        No worries, Ernst. It could be a different one, but I'll be interested to know specifically the details of how it's different. Posted 4 years ago