Scientific Name: Caladenia latifolia
Common Name: pink fairies
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Orchidaceae
Form Description: Leaf broadly lanceolate, bright green, very hairy on both surfaces, usually lax on the ground. Scape wiry and hairy.
Height (m): 0.12 – 0.45
Flowers: 1-4 pale pink or bright pink internally, externally duller and hairy, labellum pink, calli yellow and column pale pink with a dark pink toned anther.
Fruit: Papery capsule
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Habitat Notes
Windblown salt-spray areas near the sea, coastal scrub, grassland, teatree scrub and sheoak woodland.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Sandy, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Tender
General Notes
Responds well to fire, often with vigour. Unlike most Caladenia species, Caladenia latifolia produces several tubers on the end of stolonoid roots.
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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.