Plants
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Sighting 3777147

Caladenia fuscata

3 Dusky Fingers at Hackett, ACT

Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Hackett, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Caladenia fuscata 8 Nov 2018 TobiasHayashi
Caladenia fuscata 7 Oct 2018 David

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User's notes

Very few finger orchids around in this area at the moment. These three plants were on the edge of the fire trail. Lucky to capture the pollen beetle at work.

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   9 Oct 2018
Hi David
Nice action photo. This looks like Dicranolaius bellulus,
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/22296
Would you be able to put in a separate sighting for the beetle?

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Caladenia fuscata Scientific name
  • Dusky Fingers Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 1103 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Petalochilus fuscatus

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