Cyanicula gertrudae

Cyanicula gertrudae (Ostenf.) Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia gertrudae; Cyanicula gertrudiae; Pentisea gertrudae

Pale China Orchid

Cyanicula gemmata (China Orchids)

Carl Ostenfield in Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 3(2): 43-44, Fig. 2 (1921) as Caladenia gertrudae

Yallingup to Albany, growing in sandy soils in coastal woodlands and shrublands, flowering best in the season following summer fire.

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A coastal species 50–150 mm high with a shortly hairy leaf, 30–50 mm long by 10–20 mm wide , which is usually green on the underside and up to two (rarely three) pale blue, sweetly fragrant flowers 20–40 mm across.

It is distinguished from the often co-occurring Blue China Orchid (Cyanicula gemmata) by its uniformly green rather than purplish backed leaf, strong sweet perfume, paler blue flowers, and parallel-sided, prominently striped labellum.

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