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Mallee green-comb spider orchid

Caladenia verrucosa

Photo by Vinny
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Field Notes

Description:

The yellow knobs on the ends of the most upright and 2 lowest petals are distinctive of this species

Habitat:

Tea tree scrub

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Vinny
Thanks Mocha, crazy to think how evolution has weaved this shape. They apparently mimic the hormones of female wasps to attract a pollinator, I wonder if the shape is part of the mimic?

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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