Cyanicula amplexans

Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia amplexans; Pentisea amplexans

Dainty Blue Orchid

Cyanicula sericea (Blue Orchids)

Alexander George in Nuytsia 5(1): 53, fig. 1A–D. (1984) as Caladenia amplexans

Nerren Nerren to Lake Johnston, growing in sandy-clay and granitic soil on granite outcrops, rocky hills and salt lake margins.

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A widespread inland species 80–200 mm high with a scarcely hairy leaf, 40–100 mm long by 6–10 mm wide, which is usually green on the underside, and up to two pale blue and white (rarely pure white) flowers 18–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Western Tiny Blue Orchid (Cyanicula aperta) by its almost touching labellum lateral lobes and broader leaf. It also has a more north-westerly distribution.

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