1 Dusky Fingers at Coree, ACT
Identification history
| Caladenia fuscata | 2 Oct 2021 | DerekC | ||
| Caladenia fuscata | 1 Oct 2021 | RobG1 |
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What's happening with its dorsal sepal?
1 comment
DerekC
wrote:
2 Oct 2021
I agree it is C. fuscata but the dorsal sepal is a bit unusual. It looks like it is not opened and is curled forward. Occasionally orchid flowers do appear as they should and can be quite unusual where some tepals appear differently or you can get more than six or the specialized ones like the labellum just appear in a simpler form. These occasional odd forms are said to be peloric flowers. It is not just a seasonal oddity as the same plant will produce these odd flowers each year. It could be one to visit again in following years.
Location information
- Places Coree, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- RobG1 Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids RobG1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Caladenia fuscata Scientific name
- Dusky Fingers Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1103 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Petalochilus fuscatus
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