A Caladenia at Point 4242
Identification history
| Caladenia sp. | 12 Oct 2021 | CathB | ||
| Caladenia carnea | 21 Sep 2021 | DerekC | ||
| Caladenia fuscata | 21 Sep 2021 | NedJohnston |
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6 comments
DerekC
wrote:
21 Sep 2021
This looks more like a white form of C. carnea. The stem looks to be robust and green and hairy, is that correct and where any of the others in photo 3 multi flowered?
CathB
wrote:
22 Sep 2021
Another possibility is that this could be an albino form of C. fuscata which would also have a green stem. See sighting 4345837 and others mentioned there. I think the shape of the labellum tip looks more like fuscata.
TobiasHayashi
wrote:
22 Sep 2021
Hmm tricky ones. My gut feeling was carnea too but not very familiar with white forms of these species.
MattM
wrote:
26 Sep 2021
The labellum side lobes also look quite rounded. I am also leaning towards carnea.
NedJohnston
wrote:
26 Sep 2021
Hi Derek, none of the plants were multiflowered and the stems were green and hairy though they didn't strike me as quite as robust as the multi-flowered C. Carnea I saw later on the same trip. There were definitely C. fuscata in the area that these plants were seen. All three of the stems in the last photo had white flowers. The plants weren't dusky on the back of the dorsal sepal (I think they were white with a greenish wash but I'm not 100% sure)
CathB
wrote:
12 Oct 2021
I'm still pretty sure this is fuscata, but we should probably just leave it at Caladenia.
Location information
- Maps Black Mountain
- Survey points Point 4242
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- NedJohnston Recorded by
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Plants Orchids NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Caladenia sp. Scientific name
- A Caladenia Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 119 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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