Family Index

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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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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