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Sighting 1961033

Caladenia carnea

Pink Fingers at Canberra Central, ACT

Caladenia carnea at Canberra Central, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia carnea at Canberra Central, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia carnea at Canberra Central, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia carnea at Canberra Central, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Caladenia carnea 17 Nov 2015 TonyWood
Unverified 17 Nov 2015 MPW

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Small pinky-white Orchid? 2-3 blooms per stem, growing in semi shaded grassy woodland , Gum tree canopy.

5 comments

MattM wrote:
   18 Nov 2015
Presumably Caladenia carnea. It's quite late for them to be flowering. I haven't seen any for at least a month now.
TonyWood wrote:
   18 Nov 2015
The photo's not the best but yes I think it is C. carnea and the timing would fit (mid-October).
MPW wrote:
   18 Nov 2015
Hi Tony, Thanks for all your Orchid Expertise ☺ Sorry for poor quality photo this time .
waltraud wrote:
   18 Nov 2015
We found the specimen at the rare plant survey 18 Oct and agreed C.carnea.
AaronClausen wrote:
   18 Nov 2015
Nice to see you on here Max! This is an important sighting for the mountain to have on our records...

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Additional information

  • True In flower

Species information

  • Caladenia carnea Scientific name
  • Pink Fingers Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 780 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Petalochilus carneus

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