Australian Native Plants

  Caladenia ustulata (Brown Caps)


Caladenia ustulata photo
Caladenia ustulata (Brown Caps), Black Mountain, ACT

Photograph by Donald Hobern. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




BROWN CAPS FACTS

distribution map showing range of Caladenia ustulata in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Brown Caps

Other Names
Stegostyla ustulata

Description
Caladenia ustulata or Brown Caps is a white flowering spider orchid from New South Wales and ACT. It produces a cluster of up to five flowers on a stem. The labellum or lip is three lobed with toothed margins, and is coloured mainly white with pinkish purple markings and yellow or purplish warts (calli). The lateral sepals and petals are of similar size and shape and white. the dorsal sepal arches over the labellum and has brownish underside giving it the common name of Brown Caps. The plant has a single leaf at the base. The plant is found singly or in small groups.

Habitat
open woodland, eucalypt forest, heathland

Distribution
Caladenia ustulata is found in south eastern New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.

Classification
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Genus:Caladenia
Species:ustulata
Common Name:Brown Caps


Relatives in same Genus
  Caladenia ampla
  Caladenia arenicola
  Caladenia carnea
  Caladenia catenata
  Caladenia clavigera
  Caladenia crebra
  Caladenia cruciformis
  Caladenia flava
  Caladenia fulva
  Caladenia fuscata
  Caladenia gracilis
  Caladenia integra
  Caladenia latifolia
  Caladenia leptochila
  Caladenia longicauda
  Caladenia moschata
  Caladenia paludosa
  Caladenia roei
  Caladenia tentaculata
  Caladenia venusta
  Caladenia versicolor
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