Scientific Name: Caladenia mentiens
Common Name: lesser fingers
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Orchidaceae
Form Description: Leaf narrowly linear, sparsely hairy. Scape thin and wiry, sparsely hairy.
Height (m): 0.04 – 0.18
Flowers: Flower single pale pink to bright pink, labellum cream with dark red bars, mid-lobe pale yellow, calli yellow, column green with irregular red bars.
Fruit: Papery capsule
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Habitat Notes
Heathland, shrubland, woodland and open eucalypt forest, often in damper soils.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Rocky
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
General Notes
Scattered and uncommon.
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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.