Summary ⁴

Caladenia sericea, commonly known as the silky blue orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a common orchid in the high rainfall areas of the state and has a single, broad, silky leaf and up to four blue-mauve flowers.

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1. (c) ron_n_beths pics, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/doc44/20665541856/
2. (c) Jean and Fred, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/15101059010/
3. (c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Leon Perrie
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107109

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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