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Caleana gracilicordata
Caleana gracilicordata, commonly known as slender-leafed duck orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, late flowering duck orchid with a single small, smooth, heart-shaped leaf and a single greenish yellow and red flower. It usually grows in mossy places on granite outcrops.
Caleana gracilicordata grows with mosses and lichens on granite outcrops between Waroona and the Brookton Highway in the Jarrah Forest biogeographic region.
Alcock's duck orchid · Brockman's duck orchid · Little duck orchid · Sandplain duck orchid · Granite duck orchid · Hort's duck orchid · Midget duck orchid · Flying duck orchid · Small duck orchid · Small duck orchid · Esperance Duck Orchid · Smooth-billed duck orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caleana gracilicordata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
