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Musky Caladenia

Caladenia gracilis

Photo by Vinny
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Orchid to approx. 12cm tall, locally rare, exudes a strong 'musky' smell on warm days. Very similar in appearance to C. cucullata (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/937046003), with the unique smell being the easiest way to pick the species apart.

Habitat:

Box-ironbark Forest

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
Nice. I have to go and catch some orchids this season. Check your spelling of Genus name, missing an 'a'

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Flowers of Oceania
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Wild Orchids
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Plants of South Eastern Australia
Photographed
PublishedOctober 12, 2014

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