Musky Caladenia - native (Caladenia gracilis)

Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family).

Native of Eastern Australia.

Occurrence: Common.

Identification:

• its petals and sepals are more or less white
• the dorsal sepal is gently curved over the labellum
• the tongue has light purple lumps.

Hooded Caladenia is similar to the Musky Caladenia. Both are common. Musky Caladenia has a much less sharply bent dorsal sepal, and the tongue is only lightly purple with raised lumps.

Both Hooded and Musky Caladenia are common species. They seldom intermix; a patch of forest generally has one or the other.

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