Caladenia latifolia
Common name: Pink Fairy Orchid
Caladenia is from the Greek words calos, meaning beautiful, and aden meaning gland. Some species of Caladenia have coloured glands at the base of the column. The column is an organ combining the stamens and style of the flower. Latifolia is from the Latin lati, meaning broad, and folium, meaning leaf.
Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia in a variety of habitats and soil types. Also found in southern parts of the Eastern States.
A single leaf to 25 centimetres long beneath pink flowers on stems to 45 centimetres.
Albino forms are known to occur. This plant can hybridise with Caladenia flava and Caladenia longicauda.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
Orchids of South-West Australia. Noel Hoffman & Andrew Brown. 1992.
Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51399117
Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1599