New Zealand Native Orchids
 
 
Caladenia alpina
 

 

Caladenia alpina
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Plant:5 - 20cm tall when in flower. Leaves: up to 1cm wide, usually covered in hairs.

Flowers: 1 to 3, though usually only one or two. 2 -3cm across. White or pinkish in colour with 4 to 6 rows of yellow calli on the broad labellum.

Flowering: November - January.

Habitat: High altitude scrub and grasslands.

Conservation: Not known

Notes: Possibly the Australian species? Flowers larger, broader than Caladenia lyallii usually with 6 rows of calli on the labellum and broader petals.

Key features: larger flower with 6 rows of calli and broad tepals? - need to clarify!