Caladenia carnea R.Br. 1810 SUBGENUS Petalochilus Photo by © John Varigos and His Orchid webpage
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 at elevations 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 with sometimed musky scented flowers 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 ;
Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing; AoS Bulletin Vol 29 No 3 1960; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 4 1966; 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; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 2 1999 photo; Orchids of Australia Riley & Banks 2002; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006
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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