Caladenia mentiens
2 Cryptic Pink-fingers at Yanakie, VIC
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| Caladenia mentiens | Tapirlord | 24 Dec 2023 | |
| Caladenia mentiens | Tapirlord | 29 Oct 2023 | |
| Caladenia fuscata | CarbonAI | 29 Oct 2023 | |
| Caladenia alata | Louisab | 29 Oct 2023 |
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5 comments
30 Oct 2023
It is small. That’s why I thought fairy orchid. But it was a month ago we had dozens (hundreds?) of what I’d guessed were fairy orchids so it seemed strange for 2 to flower yesterday. (Assuming I was right about fairy’s last month)
30 Oct 2023
C.fuscata flowers a fair bit earlier and has labellum lobes that are strongly incurved. This will be in the C.carnea group that includes C.pusilla and C.mentiens, if these are nearby to where you are and still in flower could you measure the length of the petals and sepals?
Location information
- Places Yanakie, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- Louisab Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Caladenia mentiens Scientific name
- Cryptic Pink-fingers Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 791.6m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Petalochilus mentiens
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
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