Caladenia hirta Lindl. 1840 SUBGEN. Calonema ( Benth. ) Hopper & A.P.Br.2000 Photo courtesy of Malcolm Thomas of Australia

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Common Name The Bristly Lipped Caladenia - The Sugar Candy Orchid

Flower Size

This medium sized, terrestrial species is from Victoria, Australia but they grow in other Eastern States as well and have oblong or lanceolate leaves and blooms on a 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence occuring in the mid summer through mid fall.

Synonyms Arachnorchis hirta (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. 1882; Calonema hirta (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001; Calonemorchis hirta (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995