Caladenia caerulea
1 Blue Fingers, Blue Fairies at Bruce, ACT
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| Caladenia caerulea | MattM | 8 Sep 2025 | |
| Caladenia caerulea | CarbonAI | 8 Sep 2025 | |
| Caladenia caerulea | Csteele4 | 8 Sep 2025 |
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User's notes
An unusual colour, the same shade of purple as Caladenia glossodia. Quite pretty! Amongst hundreds of normal, blue flowers.
4 comments
8 Sep 2025
For the love of orchids, please join the rest of Australia and use the correct nomenclature @MattM and the rest of the Canberra orchid mods!
9 Sep 2025
I'm sorry, but I didn't realize it had changed. I thought it was still Cyanicula? Could you provide me with a source? I don't receive papers to notify me of any name changes and only have the Australian Plant Census to go off, and that appears to list Cyanicula as the currently accepted name.
13 Sep 2025
@MattM Lachlan Copeland told me off for using Cyanicula, but I also do not see it in the usual reference spots, so my apologies.
Location information
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- 12mm to 25mm Flower size
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Caladenia caerulea Scientific name
- Blue Fingers, Blue Fairies Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 827m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Caladenia caerulea
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