Flora of Victoria

Flowering plant 15–25 cm tall. Leaf 5–10 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, blotched with red at base. Flower usually solitary, sometimes 2; perianth segments stiffly spreading, 3–6 cm long, whitish, pinkish or purplish, with dark brownish glandular tails; sepals flattened at base, 2–4.5 mm wide, tapered to a long tail densely covered in crowded, glandular hairs; petals shorter than sepals but otherwise similar. Labellum erect and curved forward with apex recurved and lateral lobes erect, lamina ovate-lanceolate, obscurely 3-lobed, 12–16 mm long and 7–9 mm wide (when flattened), whitish, pinkish or purplish, often with red margins and mid-lobe; margins of lateral lobes fringed with fine, linear calli to 3 mm long; margins of mid-lobe with shorter calli becoming tooth-like and broader towards tip; lamina calli in 4 or 6 rows, extending onto mid-lobe, light- or dark-coloured, narrow, foot-shaped, to 1 mm long at base of lamina, decreasing in size towards apex. Flowers Oct.–Nov.

CVU, DunT, GipP, Gold, GGr, HSF, Wim. Restricted to the western part of the Midlands region in the vicinity of Stawell, in woodland on winter-wet sandy loam.

Extremely variable in flower colour and size, with some plants difficult to distinguish from Caladenia rosella, and large-flowered plants closely resembling C. grampiana which generally flowers earlier than C. versicolor.

Source: Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Orchidaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2018-02-15

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Orchidaceae

genus Caladenia

Higher taxa

species Caladenia versicolor G.W.Carr

Synonyms

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Caladenia versicolor in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Caladenia versicolor in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Wimmera	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania