Caladenia incrassata Hopper & A.P.Br.

Puppet clown orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf 100–150 × 3–8 mm. Flower stem 150–300 mm tall, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 10–20 mm across, yellowish green with red suffusions and markings, sometimes wholly pinkish red; sepals with relatively thick, pinkish to yellowish clubs 2–5 mm long (sometimes absent on dorsal sepal); petals with short, pointed, incurved tips. Dorsal sepal erect to recurved, 17–20 × 1.5–2 mm. Lateral sepals decurved, 17–25 × 3–5 mm. Petals similarly arranged, 13–16 × 1.5–2 mm. Labellum 9–10 × 12–13 mm, yellowish green to pinkish with red radiating lines; margins entire; apex with small, dark red, recurved lobe. Calli clubbed, purplish red, to 2 mm long, in dense central band. Column 10–12 × 6–8 mm, yellowish with red basal markings.
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Disjunct in small populations; growing under shrubs on S slopes of ironstone hills and in seasonal watercourses, in stony loam; also on granite outcrops in gravelly loam.
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Distribution

Caladenia incrassata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002739-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342657
COL ID 5X6QG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Calonema incrassatum Phlebochilus incrassatus Caladenia incrassata Calonemorchis incrassata Jonesiopsis incrassata