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Scientific Name
Caladenia fuscata
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Dusky Caladenia (orchid)
Status
Height
0.05m - 0.12m (5-12cm)
Flowers
Flower single, white to pink internally, the exterior darker and heavily glandular, often with a prominant broad, darker central stripe, labellum white to pink with red bars, mid-lobe cream to yellowish, calli yellow, column greenish with narrow red bars.
Fruit
Form
Leaf narrowly linear, dark green, sparsley hairy. Scape very thin and wiry, sparsley hairy.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
Habitat Notes
Heathy open eucalypt forest and woodland.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Exposed; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Tends to favour drier habitats nad to flower earlier than C. carnea. Moderate to high fire frequency. Well represented in reserves. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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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