Caladenia barbarossa Rchb. f. 1871 SUBGENUS Calonema ( Benth. ) Hopper & A.P.Br.2000 Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle of Australia

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Common Name The Bearded Caladenia - The Common Dragon Orchid

Flower Size 1 to 1.6" [25 to 4 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of 20 to 350 meters among shrubs beside strams as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a single, pilose, linear, basally clasping leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1874 drawing; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 2 2006 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006