Caladenia congesta R. Br. 1810 SUBGEN. Stegostyla ( D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. ) Szlach. 2003 Photo courtesy of Cathy Powers and her AUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website

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Common Name The Compact Caladenia - The Black Tongue Caladenia

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

This small sized, terrestrial species is from Victoria, Australia but they grow in other Eastern States as well, occuring in open, heathy forest among grass tussocks and shrubs where it blooms in the spring on an erect, 13 1/2" (34.5cm) long . single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Stegostyla congesta ( R.Br. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;