Pink Fingers at Canberra Central, ACT
Identification history
| Caladenia carnea | 4 Oct 2016 | CathB | ||
| Caladenia carnea | 4 Oct 2016 | CathB | ||
| Caladenia ustulata | 3 Oct 2016 | petersan |
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5 comments
waltraud
wrote:
4 Oct 2016
Hi Peter
perhaps Pink Fingers? there only two records of Pink Fingers, Caladenia carnea on Mt Majura, both in the same area, see http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1947609 and http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1961033. The latter was id-ed at a rare plant survey in October 2015; unfortunately the photo is not good. Reg identification I learned from our orchid expert Tony Wood that the id of orchids could be tricky and the best is to take a frontal photograph of a flower that shows the central parts labellum and column for identification. The pink fingers have pink to red bars on their labellum which seem to be just visible on your photograph :)
cheers
waltraud
perhaps Pink Fingers? there only two records of Pink Fingers, Caladenia carnea on Mt Majura, both in the same area, see http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1947609 and http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1961033. The latter was id-ed at a rare plant survey in October 2015; unfortunately the photo is not good. Reg identification I learned from our orchid expert Tony Wood that the id of orchids could be tricky and the best is to take a frontal photograph of a flower that shows the central parts labellum and column for identification. The pink fingers have pink to red bars on their labellum which seem to be just visible on your photograph :)
cheers
waltraud
waltraud
wrote:
4 Oct 2016
I looked up the CNM picture gallery of C. ustulata (http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Species/160); I couldn't see one with pink colouration of the lateral petals. Let's see what Tony thinks ...
waltraud
wrote:
4 Oct 2016
Peter, I found and registered 2 more pink fingers yesterday; brown caps haven't been recorded on Mt Majura (so far).
Cath, thanks for id.
Cath, thanks for id.
TonyWood
wrote:
5 Oct 2016
Waltraud, C. ustulata is usually whitish with brownish tips to the petals and sepals, with 1-3 flowers. The main distinguishing feature is the stalked calli on the labellum side lobes.
Location information
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- petersan Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Orchids petersan 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
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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