Caladenia roei Benth. 1870 SUBGENUS Jonesiopsis Photo by © Colin and Mischa Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website
Another flower Photo by Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia
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Common Name Roe's Caladenia - Common Clown Orchid
Flower Size .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm]
Found in Western Australia at elevations of 100 to 400 meters in shrublands, mallee vegetation, granite outcrops and sandplain heath as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, basal, pilose, linear leaf that blooms in the late winter and earlier spring on an erect, 4.8 to 12" [12 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Calonema roei (Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Calonemorchis roei (Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Jonesiopsis roei (Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003; Phlebochilus roei (Benth.) Szlach. 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 as Phlebochilus roei; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Jonesiopsis roeii photo fide
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