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stamp - Caladenia discoidea

Date of issue: 14 January 2014
Designer: Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO

Plant: Caladenia discoidea

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Bee Orchid,  Dancing Spider Orchid

This terrestrial (growing in the ground) orchid is endemic to Western Australia.
The name means 'club bearing', and refers to the broa, flat, deeply fringed labellum.


 


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