WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Pheladenia

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Pheladenia

Pheladenia distribution

Name and Authority

Pheladenia D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Synonyms (previous names)

Caladenia subg. Pheladenia

Common Name

Blue Fairy Orchids

Originally Described by

David Jones & Mark Clements in Orchadian 13:411 (2001)

Flowering Months

· · · · May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct · ·

Description

Pheladenia has a narrow, sparsely hairy leaf, a hairy flower stem and one (rarely two) blue or white flowers with relatively short, broad, spreading petals and sepals and a narrow, prominently lobed labellum with a dense mass of lamina calli.

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