Cyanicula aperta Hopper & A.P.Br. 2004
Another Angle Photos by © Colin and Misha Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Website
LATER EARLIER
Common Name The Open Caladenia -In Australia The Western Tiny Blue China Orchid
Flower Size .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm]
Found in south southwestern Western Australia in mallee vegetation and on granite outcrops as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the later winter and early spring on an erect, 2.4 to 6" [6 to 15 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Caladenia aperta (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. 2015
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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