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Scientific Name
Caladenia cracens
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Elegant Caladenia (orchid)
Status
Height
0.08m - 0.15m (8-15cm)
Flowers
Flower single, pale pink to dark pink, labellum whitish, heavily suffused and barred with red, mid-lobe cream, calli cream or yellow, column whitish with red suffusions and bars.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Leaf narrowly linear, dark green, base reddish purple. Scapesparsely hairy.
Municipalities
Central Highlands; Flinders Island; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Heath
Habitat Notes
Tas. endemic. Shrubby ahd heathy open eucalypt forest, tea tree shrubland and heathland. Often favouring damp and poorly drained sites.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Moist; Shady; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Fertile; Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained
General Notes
Relatively high fire frequency habitat. Well represented in reserves. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Orchid seeds are very minute yellow, brown or blackish dust-like particles. Orchid seeds are produced within a capsule that splits at maturity and releases tousands to millions of seeds. Dispersed by wind and water and only germinate following infection of the embryo by a suitable mycorrhizal fungus. Very few seeds become mature plants. For more information see Jones, Wapstra, Tonelli, Harris (1999): The Orchids of Tasmania.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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