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Scientific Name
Caladenia vulgaris
Family Name
ORCHIDACEAE
Common Name
Summer Fingers (orchid)
Status
Height
0.15m - 0.36m (15-26cm)
Flowers
Flowers 1-2 dull pink or whitish internally, with brownish central bands externally, labellum white or pink with prominant red transverse bars and yellow apex, calli yellow to orange, column whitish with red transverse bars.
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
Leaf narrowly linear, dark green, red base, sparsely hairy. Scape slender and wiry, sparsely hairy.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
Habitat Notes
Found in coastal heathland and scrub but in Tas. more commonly in tall open eucalypt forest and eucalypt woodlands.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Exposed; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Moderate
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Fertile; Loam; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Main habitat tends to be damp with few fires, may be intolerant to high fire frequency. Well represented in reserves. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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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