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Caleana parvula
Caleana parvula, commonly known as the Esperance duck orchid is a species of orchid endemic to a small area near Esperance in the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single smooth leaf and usually only a single greenish yellow and red flower. It is distinguished by its small flower with the calli only on the outer one-fifth of the labellum. The only other Caleana species in Western Australia which is smaller is C. lyonsii.
Caleana parvula grows in sandy soil in shrubland between Condingup and Israelite Bay in the Esperance Plains biogeographic region.
Alcock's duck orchid · Brockman's duck orchid · Little duck orchid · Sandplain duck orchid · Slender-leafed duck orchid · Granite duck orchid · Hort's duck orchid · Midget duck orchid · Flying duck orchid · Small duck orchid · Small duck orchid · Smooth-billed duck orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caleana parvula 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.
