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blue orchids
Cyanicula
Caladenia, commonly known as spider orchids, is a genus of 350 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Spider orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single hairy leaf and a hairy stem. The labellum is fringed or toothed in most species and there are small projections called calli on the labellum. The flowers have adaptations to attract particular species of insects for pollination. The genus is divided into three groups on the basis of flower...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
blue finger-orchid
speciesCyanicula caerulea
Silky Blue Orchid
speciesCyanicula sericea
Blue China Orchid
speciesCyanicula gemmata
Dainty Blue China Orchid
speciesCyanicula amplexans
western tiny blue china orchid
speciesCyanicula aperta
white china orchid
speciesCyanicula ixioides
Cyanicula nikulinskyae
speciesCyanicula nikulinskyae
Cyanicula gertrudiae
speciesCyanicula gertrudiae
Cyanicula ashbyae
speciesCyanicula ashbyae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415302.