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| Caladenia carnea | Csteele4 | 29 Sep 2026 | |
| Caladenia fuscata | CarbonAI | 28 Sep 2026 | |
| Unverified | Jubeyjubes | 28 Sep 2026 |
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6 comments
29 Sep 2026
Hi @Jubeyjubes, your first photo appears to be Caladenia fuscata, but your second photo appears to be a group of Caladenia major. They should probably be recorded as a separate sighting.
29 Sep 2026
@RobG1 I actually don't think the lobes on this one project far forward enough to be C fuscata, but the angle isn't great. Still, I reckon it's C carnea (and yes, the second photo is C/G major).
29 Sep 2026
@Csteele4 I don't think we can verify this one to the species without a side shot. Maybe @Jubeyjubes has another photo at a different angle?
29 Sep 2026
Hi guys, sorry for the ambiguous photo collecting on my part! I usually do have numerous photos but in this case I thought they were all the same species and so only got one close up and one of all of them (because they were just so pretty and numerous). I am happy to go and collect more photos of them if you think they are important :)
I will upload the photo of the multiple orchids again seperately so it can be appropriately IDd.
Thank you!
I will upload the photo of the multiple orchids again seperately so it can be appropriately IDd.
Thank you!
29 Sep 2026
Hi @Jubeyjubes , the Caladenia major certainly make an impressive display en masse. They are generally a lot larger than the C fuscata and C carnea and normally a purple colour (although occasionally you can see a white one). In Aranda bushland you would come across C fuscata and C carnea in similar areas, so it is not all that important to go out and collect more photos (unless you want to immerse yourself in their "prettiness" again, I think that would be excuse enough for me 🙂).
29 Sep 2026
Hi @Jubeyjubes, I forgot to mention that generally, it makes it easier for us to identify sightings if you provide more than one photo, showing the orchid at different angles eg: front view, side view, top view.
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