Caladenia alata
(the winged column)

Flowers white or pink: the midlobe of the labellum
normally has a large orange callus on either side at the
base, but these are sometimes rudimentary or wanting.
The midlobe has an orange patch at the tip, but this is often recurved and so hidden

Distribution: Australia - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland. Also in New Caledonia.
New Zealand - North Id. - from the North Cape to Rotorua

Flowers: August-September - self pollinated

Caladenia atradenia
(the dark labellar calli)

The flower is dark green with red pubescence, the dorsal sepal strongly cucullate, and the labellum disc, midlobe and all the calli, a dark chocolate-brown. The labellar calli may be in 2 rows or scattered

Distribution: endemic - North Id. - Kaitaia to Iwitahi:
South Id. - Nelson district.

Flowers: September-October - self pollinated

Caladenia bartlettii
(F.W. Bartlett of Silverdale)

Flowers dark glazed mauve. Disc calli in 2 rows with
bright yellow tips. Midlobe bright yellow, irregularly
sinuate, without marginal calli

Distribution: endemic - North Id. - from the North
Cape to Auckland, usually in the vicinity of the kauri

Flowers: October-November - insect pollinated

Caladenia lyallii
(David Lyall, naval surgeon / naturalist)

A much larger plant than those of the carnea complex,
C.lyallii normally has 4 rows of calli on the labellum disc.
At Iwitahi and in Otago however, large-flowered plants
have been recorded with the labellar calli in 6 rows

Distribution: endemic - North Id.: from Iwitahi
southwards: South, Stewart and Chatham Is. - mainly
subalpine, but coming down to sea level in the far south

Flowers: November-January - insect pollinated

Caladenia minor
(smaller, than lyallii)

Flowers white or pink, disc calli in 2 rows with bright
yellow tips, marginal calli of the midlobe deteriorating
from base to tip

Distribution: endemic - Three Kings Is.: North and
South Is. - lowland

Flowers: September-November - insect pollinated