Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
Species Database

This database has been compiled to showcase some of the species found in the reserve.

Musky Finger Orchid


Title	Musky Finger Orchid
Category	Orchid
Subject	Finger Orchid
Common Name	Musky Caps
Scientific Name	Stegostyla/Caladenia gracilis
Flowering Time	oct
Photo Date	27-Oct-2007 13:05
Photographer	R Richter
Post Date	27-Nov-2007
Description	Outsides of the flowers are greenish with reddish glandular hairs (giving a yellow appearance) while the insides of the petals and sepals are mostly white. Labellum typically has yellow calli with a purplish tip (which is curled around in a mature flower and therefore hard to see) and there are several purplish dots on the outside. Flowers have a distinctive musky odour.
Distribution	Although generally a common species it is rare in the reserve and known only from one or two locations with about three plants in total.