Summary ⁶

Pheladenia deformis, commonly known as blue fairy orchid or blue beard is the only species of the flowering plant genus Pheladenia in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It was originally named as Caladenia deformis and has since had several name changes. Plants have a single, narrow, hairy leaf and usually blue flowers with relatively short, broad sepals and petals and an unusual labellum.

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1. (c) Tindo2 - Tim Rudman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/tindo2/15376199542/
2. (c) Kevin Thiele, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pheladenia_deformis_(6281004027).jpg
3. (c) Kevin Thiele, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pheladenia_deformis_(8691802547).jpg
4. (c) Jean and Fred, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pheladenia_deformis_-_Blue_Beard_Orchid_(42798341545).jpg
5. (c) Jean and Fred, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pheladenia_deformis_-_Bluebeard_(2710229240).jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107612

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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