Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Caladenia amnicola
Gazetted date:
25 Aug 2023
Profile last updated:
14 Oct 2024
Description
Caladenia amnicola is a small terrestrial orchid described by Jones (2021) as: ‘Leaf linear lanceolate, 100-150 x 5-6mm, hairy. Flower stem 200-350mm tall, slender, wiry, densely hairy, 1-flowered. Flowers 40-50mm across, green to yellowish green with red central stripes; sepals and petals with yellowish-brown clubs 5-15mm long. Dorsal sepal erect, 40-50 x 2-2.5mm, incurved. Lateral sepals stiffly spreading then obliquely decurved, 40-50 x 2.5-3mm, divergent. Petals similarly arranged, 25-40 x 1.5-2mm. Labellum delicately hinged, 14-18 x 13-17mm, dark green with a maroon apex; basal margins with 4-7 pairs of thin erect comb-teeth to 4mm long; midlobe margins with 6-10 pairs of blunt teeth to the apex; tip recurved. Basal calli c. 3mm long. Lamina calli to 2mm long, maroon, in 4 or 6 densely crowded rows nearly to the apex of the midlobe. Column incurved, 12-15 x 6-7mm, transparent with red flecks; basal glands ovoid, c. 2mm long, yellow with a short red stalk, shiny.’
Distribution
Caladenia amnicola is restricted to a single location west of Armidale on the New England Tableland, northern NSW.
Habitat and ecology
- Rocky habitat supporting shallow soils is prone to prolonged dry periods, and some dieback of Leptospermum brevipes, which Caladenia amnicola occurs beneath, and eucalypt species was observed within Caladenia amnicola habitat following the 2018-19 drought (Copeland 2021).
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Goat browsing
- Pig digging
- General weeds
- Drought
- Grazing
- clearing
- roading
Recovery strategies
Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological
community. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified
0 priority actions
to help recover the Caladenia amnicola in New South Wales.
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