Английская Википедия:Caladenia montana
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Caladenia montana, commonly known as the mountain spider orchid is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. It is a ground orchid with a single leaf and a single greenish-cream to cream flower, sometimes with reddish markings. It only grows in high montane forests.
Description
Caladenia montana is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. A single greenish-cream to cream-coloured flower, sometimes with red markings, is borne on a spike Шаблон:Convert tall. The flowers is Шаблон:Convert wide. The sepals have club-like, dark red or brownish glandular tips Шаблон:Convert long. The dorsal sepal is Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and curved forwards. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and turn downwards. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide and arranged like the lateral sepals. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and mostly dark red with its sides turned up and the tip curled under. Each side of the labellum has six to eight dark red teeth up to Шаблон:Convert long and there are four or six well-spaced rows of dark red calli along its mid-line. Flowering occurs from November to January.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Caladenia montana was first formally described in 1991 by Geoffrey Carr and the description was published in Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association Miscellaneous Paper 1.[4] The specific epithet (montana) is a Latin word meaning "of mountains".[5]
Distribution and habitat
The mountain spider orchid grows in montane forest at altitudes of between Шаблон:Convert in the southern tablelands of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and in the Victorian high country.[1][2][3]
Conservation
Caladenia montana is listed as "vulnerable" under the New South Wales Government Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. The main threats to the species are weed invasion, trampling and grazing by cattle, wild horses and pigs.[3]
References
- Английская Википедия
- Caladenia
- Plants described in 1991
- Endemic orchids of Australia
- Orchids of the Australian Capital Territory
- Orchids of New South Wales
- Orchids of Victoria (state)
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