Pink Fingers Caladenia spp. The Pink Fingers Orchid is a terrestrial orchid from eastern Australia. As its name suggest the flowers are pink, although some plants bear almost white flowers. The flowers are about 2 cm across, with pink sepals and petals that are broader than some of the other Spider Orchids in the genus. The plant has a single narrow leaf that grows to 15 cm long from the base of the plant. The yellow-tipped labellum is about 1 cm wide and has three lobes and is patterned with red bars across the centre.
Please care for our environment and refrain from collecting flowers or plants as they are protected.
You are in a natural bush environment and may encounter wildlife you are not familiar with.If you are lucky you may see a fox, a wallaby or a family of kangaroos. Remember to tread carefully and be watchful for snakes and lizards in the warmer weather. Some of the bushes are also very prickly so if moving away from the obvious tracks be careful to avoid getting snared by them. If you are turning over stones and rocks please put them back the way they were facing before moving on. The critters will appreciate it. Cyclists use the dirt unsealed tracks as well as the sealed cycle pathway so be aware that they may approach at speed.
Cache is a small sistema container hidden in a way most geocachers will be familiar with. Please replace as found.(there is a letter +number on the lid, for a mystery cache to be published soon.)
Take care and enjoy our Junortoun bushland.