Caladenia mesocera Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001 SUBGENUS Drakonorchis

Lip Detail Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Cold LATE Winter EARLY Spring

Common Name The Middle Horn Caladenia - The Narrow Lipped Dragon Orchid

Flower Size 1 to 1.6" [2.5 to 4 cm]

Found in Western Australia among shrubs on ironstone hills, granite outcrops and on margins of salt lakes at elevations of 200 to 300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Drakonorchis mesocera (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Drakonorchis mesocera photo fide;

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