Pink Fingers at Canberra Central, ACT
Identification history
| Caladenia carnea | 17 Nov 2015 | TonyWood | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Nov 2015 | MPW |
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User's notes
Small pinky-white Orchid? 2-3 blooms per stem, growing in semi shaded grassy woodland , Gum tree canopy.
4 comments
MattM
wrote:
18 Nov 2015
Presumably Caladenia carnea. It's quite late for them to be flowering. I haven't seen any for at least a month now.
TonyWood
wrote:
18 Nov 2015
The photo's not the best but yes I think it is C. carnea and the timing would fit (mid-October).
MPW
wrote:
18 Nov 2015
Hi Tony, Thanks for all your Orchid Expertise ☺ Sorry for poor quality photo this time .
waltraud
wrote:
18 Nov 2015
We found the specimen at the rare plant survey 18 Oct and agreed C.carnea.
Location information
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- MPW Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids MPW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Caladenia carnea Scientific name
- Pink Fingers Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 766 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Petalochilus carneus
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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