Caladenia dimorpha Fitzg. 1875 SUBGENUS Stegostyla

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Common Name The Double-Shaped Caladenia - The Early Caladenia - Spicey caps

Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]

Found in Victoria Australia at elevations of 400 to 900 meters in woodlands and open forests on shallow, gravelly sand and clay loams as a medium sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial orchid with a single, linear leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 6" to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, one to 4 flowered inflorescence carrying spicey fragrant flowers

Synonyms Caladenia praecox Nicholls 1926; Caladenia testacea var. praecox (Nicholls) Nicholls 1939; Stegostyla dimorpha (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Stegostyla praecox (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006

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