Caladenia transitoria D.L.Jones 1998 SUBGENUS Stegostyla Photo by © John Varigos and His Orchid webpage

Common Name The Transitory Caladenia - The Small Caladenia - Green Caps

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, at elevations of sea level to 850 meters in open forest with open heathy under-story mainly in granite-based loamy soil as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 10" [25 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with short-lived, self-pollinating flowers.

Synonyms Caladenia transitoria subsp. isolata (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates 2016; Stegostyla transitoria ( D.L.Jones ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Stegostyla transitoria photo good

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