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Caladenia Lobata
''Caladenia lobata'', commonly known as the butterfly orchid, is a species of orchid Endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and one or two greenish-yellow flowers with red markings which have a Labellum (botany), labellum which vibrates in the slightest breeze. Description ''Caladenia lobata'' has a single erect, hairy leaf, long and wide. One or two greenish-yellow flowers with red markings are borne on a hairy spike . The flowers are long and wide. The wikt:dorsal, dorsal sepal is erect, long and wide. The wikt:lateral, lateral sepals are long, wide, curve upwards, are closely parallel to each other, and have narrow club-like Gland (botany), glandular tips. The petals are long and about wide and spread horizontally or curve downwards. The labellum is long and wide, greenish-yellow with a red tip which curls downwards. The labellum is delicately hinged so that it vibrates in the slightest breeze. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
