Caladenia curtisepala D.L.Jones

Short-hooded fingers (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf 60–180 × 1.5–2 mm. Flower stem 50–180 mm tall, 1-flowered. Flowers 10–14 × 14–22 mm, white to cream or pale pink, externally greenish to yellowish brown; labellum white or pale pink with red bars; midlobe yellow; calli yellow; column greenish with red bars. Dorsal sepal 8–13 × 3–3.5 mm, erect to incurved. Lateral sepals 11–16 × 4–5 mm. Petals 9–12 × 2.5–3 mm. Labellum 6–7 × 7–8 mm; lateral lobes narrow, entire; midlobe recurved with 8–10 short, flat, yellow, marginal teeth. Basal calli 4, c. 1 mm long, yellow; lamina calli c. 0.8 mm long, in 2 rows to base of midlobe. Column 6–7 × 3 mm.
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An orchid. It has a single leaf. The tubers are round and 5-10 mm across. The flowering shoot is 20 cm tall. The leaf is dark green and narrow. It is 8-18 cm long by 2 mm wide. There are 1-2 flowers on a stalk.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Apparently localised; growing among low shrubs in heathland in shallow, sandy soil over sandstone sheets.
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It is a temperate plant.
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Edible flowers roots tubers
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Images

Caladenia curtisepala unspecified picture

Distribution

Caladenia curtisepala world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:959693-1
WFO ID wfo-0000724376
COL ID PBRW
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Petalochilus curtisepalus Caladenia curtisepala