Flinders Ranges Fingers: S1, Flower, posterior

Flinders Ranges Fingers (Caladenia coactilis)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Asparagus (Asparagales)

Family:

Orchid (Orchidaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Flinders Ranges Fingers (Caladenia coactilis)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Flower, posterior🔎

Thank you June Niejalke (JuneN) for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
About 50-100mm tall.
When comparing to Pink Lady Fingers (Caladenia carnea) June said "They are very similar but, C coactilis is restricted to the Flinders Ranges and occurs in exposed sites of the ranges, is thick textured, can be variable in color, but usually a bright pink, has a white ring around the base of the sepals and petals. The leaf is thick textured and glabrous."

This species is protected and classed as

RA (Rare)

under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act

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