Caladenia parva

Brown-clubbed Spider Orchid at Burrinjuck, NSW

Caladenia parva at Burrinjuck, NSW - 13 Oct 2024
Caladenia parva at Burrinjuck, NSW - 13 Oct 2024
Caladenia parva at Burrinjuck, NSW - 13 Oct 2024
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Caladenia parva 28 Dec 2024 MattM
Caladenia atrovespa 13 Oct 2024 Tapirlord
Caladenia atrovespa 13 Oct 2024 CarbonAI
Caladenia tentaculata 13 Oct 2024 sduus

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7 comments

sduus wrote:
   13 Oct 2024
I see on ALA there are Caladenia tentaculata recorded nearby, rather than Caladenia atrovespa...
Tapirlord wrote:
   14 Oct 2024
Misapplication of the modern circumscription of C.tentaculata which is more or less excluded to Victoria. There are some NSW records but they are on the far-south coast near gippsland. We have C.atrovespa and C.parva regionally.
sduus wrote:
   14 Oct 2024
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification!
TobiasHayashi wrote:
   26 Dec 2024
Hard to judge flower size from photo, but wondering if this isn't C parva with those brownish sepal clubs?
MattM wrote:
   27 Dec 2024
@TobiasHayashi don't they both have clubs, and aren't the club's more pronounced in C. parva?
TobiasHayashi wrote:
   28 Dec 2024
Yes. The clubs are moderately prominent and brownish on this plant, but may be one of those intermediate ones that are difficult to distinguish.
Tapirlord wrote:
   28 Dec 2024
I don't have a hugely strong view either way, this looked on the larger side to me so I went with atrovespa. Happy to call this C.parva

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