Английская Википедия:Caladenia gardneri

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Caladenia gardneri, commonly known as the cherry spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three pale pink, sweetly scented flowers with a dark pinkish-red labellum.

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Caladenia gardneri labellum detail

Description

Caladenia gardneri is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Up to three flowers Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a stalk Шаблон:Convert high. The flowers are sweetly scented and white, flushed with pink while the lateral sepals have narrow, club-like, glandular tips. The lateral sepals and petals spread widely and have their ends curving downwards. The dorsal sepal is erect, Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide at the base. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide at the base and the petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and dark pinkish-red. The sides of the labellum have spreading teeth up to Шаблон:Convert long and the tip of the labellum is curved downwards. There are four rows of dark pink calli up to Шаблон:Convert long, along the centre of the labellum. Flowering occurs from September to early November.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Caladenia gardneri was first described in 2001 by Stephen Hopper and Andrew Phillip Brown from a specimen collected near Pemberton and the description was published in Nuytsia.[4] The specific epithet (gardneri) honours George Gardner, an amateur naturalist.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Cherry spider orchid occurs between Yallingup and William Bay in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions where it grows in coastal woodland and heath.[1][2][3][5]

Conservation

Caladenia gardneri is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[5]

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