Caladenia marginata

Caladenia marginata Lindl.

Caladenia ochreata; Caladenia paniculata; Caladenia purdieana; Caladenia latifolia var. glandula

White Fairy Orchid

Caladenia latifolia (Fairy Orchids)

John Lindley in Sketch Veg.Swan R. 51 (1840)

Jurien Bay to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet flats and runoff areas on granite outcrops. Although the species flowers best in the season following summer fire it may also be seen flowering in lower numbers in other years.

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A common species 80–100 mm high with a hairy leaf, 40–80 mm long by 12–15 mm wide , which is usually green on the underside and up to four creamy-white (rarely pinkish) flowers 20–30 mm across.

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