Pheladenia deformis

Pheladenia is from the Greek words phelos, meaning false, and aden, meaning a gland. Deformis is Latin meaning departing from the correct shape.

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also reported from south eastern Australia.

A single blue flower is held up to 15 centimetres above a small, single leave from May to September.

This species was previously known as Cyanicula deformis.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Orchids of South-West Australia. Noel Hoffman & Andrew Brown. 1992.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51407862

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/20460