Caladenia carnea

Pink Fingers at Illilanga & Baroona

Caladenia carnea at Illilanga & Baroona - 13 Oct 2017
Caladenia carnea at Illilanga & Baroona - 13 Oct 2017
Caladenia carnea at Illilanga & Baroona - 13 Oct 2017
Caladenia carnea at Illilanga & Baroona - 13 Oct 2017
Caladenia carnea at Illilanga & Baroona - 13 Oct 2017
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Identification history

Caladenia carnea 25 Nov 2017 TonyWood
Caladenia carnea 24 Nov 2017 TonyWood
Unidentified 24 Nov 2017 Illilanga

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Private property. No public access without permission. This is the same orchid as: http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3385791 which was the first sighting. This is the first year the orchid had two flowers. The flower got bitten off at the stem by something.

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TonyWood wrote:
   25 Nov 2017
With two flowers I'm now saying its likely to be C. carnea, but assuming its the same plant I'm still puzzled by the appearance fro 2014.
Illilanga wrote:
   25 Nov 2017
It is the same plant as 2014, 2016 and 2017. I have uploaded another sighting of a different plant from last year as well: http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3385808. It only flowered in 2016. The size of these orchids is about 6cm. They are tiny. We have this one marked with a large white stake for that very reason. This orchid were first spotted by ANPS members on a field trip to our property in October 2014. We had no idea they were there!
TonyWood wrote:
   26 Nov 2017
Ok I've now confirmed this as C. carnea, in which case I should now go back and confirm the others the same.
Illilanga wrote:
   26 Nov 2017
Thanks Tony. Much appreciated. We will keep taking photos!

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Caladenia carnea Scientific name
  • Pink Fingers Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 759 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Petalochilus carneus

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