Scientific Name: Caladenia carnea

Common Name: pink fingers

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: Leaf narrowly linear, sparsely hairy.

Height (m): 0.12 – 0.25

Flowers: 1-2 (occasionally up to 5) pink to bright pink internally, often white to greenish-white externally.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt ForestGrasslandHeath
Habitat Notes

Grassy and heathy open eucalypt forest, woodland and heathland.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Tender

General Notes

Common

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases thousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.