Caladenia testacea R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf linear, 70–220 × 1–2.5 mm. Flower stem 80–200 mm tall, 1–3-flowered. Flowers 10–15 × 14–17 mm, white or cream to greenish yellow with bronze tints, tips brownish, externally darker; labellum white with white to yellowish or purple calli, lateral lobes white to greenish yellow, midlobe red; column greenish with red markings. Dorsal sepal strongly incurved, 8–10 × 2.5–3 mm. Lateral sepals 10–12 × 2.5–3 mm, spreading to deflexed, widely divergent, tips sometimes drooping. Petals 8–11 × 2–2.5 mm, spreading or upcurved, tips sometimes drooping. Labellum 5–6 × 3.5–4 mm, obscurely 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect with granular yellow or purple marginal teeth; midlobe recurved, with similar teeth. Calli crowded in 4 rows to apex. Column 5–6 × 2 mm, narrowly winged.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Localised; mainly found in coastal and near-coastal areas growing in heath and heathy forest in nutrient-poor, freely draining sands and laterite; less commonly in open forest on tablelands.
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Images

Caladenia testacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Caladenia testacea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:620739-1
WFO ID wfo-0000736503
COL ID 696QJ
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Synonyms

Caladenia testacea Stegostyla testacea

Lower taxons

Caladenia testacea var. hildae Caladenia testacea var. testacea