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Scientific Name
Caladenia alata
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Winged Caladenia (orchid)
Status
Height
0.06m - 0.14m (6-14cm)
Flowers
Flowers 1-2 short lived, white to pink with dark red bands, mid-lobe orage to yellow, calli yellow, column green with red bands.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
leaf erect, narrowly linear, sparsely hairy
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Sorell; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Heath
Habitat Notes
Heathy open forest, tea-tree scub and heathland.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy
General Notes
Short lived and self-pollinating, occurs where habitat has moderate to high fire frequency. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
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 tousands 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.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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