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Caleana major

Caleana major

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
SubTribe: Drakaneinae
Genus: Caleana
Species: C. major
Alliance:
Binomial name
Caleana major
R. Brown 1810


Caleana major is an epiphytic orchid from the genus Caleana.

Description[]

Plant flowers from spring to summer with one to five 6.25 cm wide flowers.

The lip resembles a flying duck with clearly expressed beak. It is pollinated by the male sawfly in similar way to the pollination of Drakaea (the hammer Orchid).

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing in loose soil in the open forest of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia at elevations of 0 to 600 meters

Culture[]

Naming[]

Common Names:The Larger Caleana

Synonyms[]

  1. Caleana minor R. Br. 1810
  2. Caleya major R.Br. 1813
  3. Caleya minor R.Br. 1826;
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