Caladenia cairnsiana

Caladenia cairnsiana F.Muell.

Calonema cairnsianum; Calonemorchis cairnsiana; Jonesiopsis cairnsiana; Phlebochilus cairnsianum

Zebra Orchid

Caladenia cairnsiana (Zebra Orchids)

Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(51): 31 (1869)

Cervantes to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in forests, woodlands and shrublands.

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A widespread species 150–400 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–150 mm long by 5–7 mm wide and up to two greenish-yellow and red flowers 10–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Dwarf Zebra Orchid (Caladenia pachychila) by its taller scapes, larger darker-coloured flowers, hanging petals and lateral sepals and wider, more rounded labellum which is held well above the horizontal and has a smaller apical callus.

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