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FLYING DUCK ORCHID

Caleana nigrita
Tunney, 14 October 1930
(ACC 5448A/35)
Caleana nigrita Lindl. = Paracaleana nigrita (Lindl.) Blaxell.
FLYING DUCK ORCHID
Tuberous, perennial herb; 0.05-0.19m high; fl. dull red, green, Aug-Oct. Grey-white sand, shallow soils over laterite, winter-wet swamps, granite outcrops. Distribution: SW: AW, ESP, JF, SWA, WAR.
(G. Paczkowska & A. R. Chapman, pp. 87, 604.)



       

 
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