Caladenia pachychila

Caladenia pachychila Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia cairnsiana Wheat-belt form; Calonema pachychilum; Calonemorchis pachychila; Jonesiopsis pachychila; Phlebochilus pachychila

Dwarf Zebra Orchid

Caladenia cairnsiana (Zebra Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:257-259, Figs. 61N-R (2001)

Nerren Nerren Station to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy, sandy-clay and granitic soils in woodlands and shrublands. The species is particularly common on inland granite outcrops and rocky hills.

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An inland species 80–100 mm high with a hairy leaf 50–120 mm long by 4–5 mm wide and up to two greenish-yellow and red flowers 10–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Zebra orchid (Caladenia cairnsiana) by its shorter scapes, smaller lighter-coloured flowers, slightly spreading, rather than hanging petals and lateral sepals and narrower, less rounded labellum which is held horizontally and has a larger apical callus.

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