Caladenia hirta Lindl. 1840 SUBGENUS 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 1 to 2" [2.5 to 5 cm]

This medium sized, terrestrial species is from Western Australia and Victoria Australia at elevations of 10 to 350 meters in forests and woodlands and on swamp margins and have a single, oblong or lanceolate leaf and blooms on an erect, 4 to 24" [10 to 60 cm] long, 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring.

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; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006