Caladenia carnea R.Br. 1810

White flowered Variety Photo courtesy of Cathy Powers and herAUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website

Common Name The Flesh-Red Caladenia - The Pink Fingers Orchid

Flower Size 1 1/2" to 2" [3.75 cm to 5 cm]

Found in Sulawesi, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, Southern Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria Australia as a miniature sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial orchid occuring in most types of forest habitat at elevations of 1200 to 1800[Java] and in Australia a televations of 10 to 1000 meters, at times growing in what appears to be rock-hard dirt with one or more, more or less globose tubers giving rise to a [4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long, coarsly hairy stem basally carrying a single full sized, linear, long pilose, acute leaf and a similar much smaller one half way up that flowers in the spring on an erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, one to two flowered inflorescence and are thought to be generally pollinated by bees.

Synonyms Arethusa catenata Sm. 1806; Caladenia alba R. Br. 1810; Caladenia angustata Hook.f. 1858; Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls 1945 ; Caladenia catenata forma carnea ( R.Br. ) N.Halle 1977; Caladenia javanica Benn. ex Ridl. 1885; Petalochilus carneus ( R.Br. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1985; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchids of Australia Riley & Banks 2002;

Caladenia carnea var. ornata Nicholls 1954

Side View Of Flower Photo courtesy of Colin Rowan and his Retired Aussies Website

Common Name The Ornate Pink Finger Caladenia

Found in Victoria State Australia as a color form of C carnea.

Synonyms Caladenia ornata (Nicholls) D.L.Jones 2000; Petalochilus ornatus (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.Clem. 2001

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