Caladenia picta (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones APNI* Synonyms: Petalochilus pictus (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Caladenia alba var. picta Nicholls APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaf linear, to 8 cm long and 3 mm wide, sparsely hairy.
Inflorescence to 15 cm high, rarely > 2-flowered. Sepals and lateral petals to 2 cm long, white with pinkish tips; dorsal sepal erect. Labellum 3-lobed, whitish pink with a yellow-orange tip; lateral lobes entire; midlobe long, margins with short, coarse, blunted teeth. Central calli in 2 rows with smooth stalks, clubbed-golfstick heads, yellow, distributed only up to the base of the midlobe. Column with inner surface well marked by a bright red blotch; upper surface with green band and bearing rounded apical wings.
Flowering: chiefly May–June.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest in shallow, clay-based loam; coastal districts, south from Newcastle.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by P. Bernhardt
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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