About Caladenia nana Endl.
Caladenia nana Endl. is a clump-forming, terrestrial, perennial, deciduous herb. It produces a single linear to broadly linear leaf, which measures 50–180 mm (2.0–7.1 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide, and has reddish-purple blotches near its base. Up to 6 pale pink to rose pink flowers, each 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) wide, are borne on a spike that is 50–400 mm (2.0–15.7 in) tall. The sepals and petals are broadly lance-shaped, with glandular hairs on their outer surface. The dorsal sepal is erect, curves forward, and measures 7–17 mm (0.28–0.67 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide. The lateral sepals are 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) long and 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) wide, while the petals measure 7–17 mm (0.28–0.67 in) long and 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) wide. The three-lobed labellum is white with pink blotches and markings, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long and 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) wide. Flowering occurs from August to November. This species grows in winter-wet flats and swamps within jarrah forest, across the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
