Caladenia fuscata

Flowering plant slender, 5–12 cm tall. Leaf linear, 5–8 cm long, shorter than flowering stem, 2–3 mm wide. Flower solitary, white or pink; perianth segments dark brownish pink outside, with a broad dark median band; dorsal sepal erect, linear, 7–12 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, apex bluntly acute to acute; lateral sepals spreading, sometimes slightly asymmetric, linear-lanceolate, 7–12 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, acute; petals spreading, 6–10 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, acute. Labellum sessile, 3-lobed, 5–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide (when flattened), white or pinkish, with prominent transverse red bars; lateral lobes prominent, broad, margins entire, distal portion more or less triangular and protruding forward beyond the mid-lobe; mid-lobe small, recurved, triangular, usually about same length (when straightened) as lateral lobes, with several pairs of marginal calli, yellow at apex; lamina calli in 2 rows up to base of mid-lobe, stalked and clubbed, yellow. Column incurved, narrowly winged, barred with dark-red; anther with a long point. Flowers Sep.–Oct.