Paracaleana brockmanii Hopper & A.P.Br. 2006 Photos by © Fred & Jean Hort and Their Flickr Orchid Photo Website

EARLY

Common Name Brockman's Paracaleana - In Australia The Darling Range Duck Orchid

Flower Size .8 to .92" [2 to 2.3 cm]

Found in Western Australia in open forests and sparse shrubland in sandy soils at elevations of 100 to 300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, green to reddish, relatively broad, terete leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, 4 to 6.4" [10 to 16 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Sullivania brockmanii in ed photo fide

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