Caladenia carnea subulata Nicholls (1945:61)
Striped pink fingers
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Backhouse & Cameron, 2005:62; DSE, 2005) or Invalid (synonym of typical C. carnea) (POWO, 2025)
Last record: late 1940s (DEWHA, 2008)
Distribution & Habitat
Victoria, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nicholls, W. H. (1945). Orchid notes (including the description of two new varieties). Victorian Naturalist 62: 61-62.
Other references:
Backhouse, Gary and Cameron, David. (2005). Application of IUCN 2001 Red List Categories in Determining the Conservation Status of Native Orchids of Victoria, Australia. Selbyana 26(1-2), Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress (2005), pp. 58-74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41760174
Bishop, T. (2000). Field Guide to the Orchids of New South Wales and Victoria, 2nd ed. KensingtonNSW: University of New South Wales Press.
Clements, M. A. (2008). Australian orchid name index. Canberra, ACT: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research/Australian National Herbarium.
DEWHA (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts). (2008). Approved Conservation Advice for Caladenia carnea var. subulata (Striped Pink Fingers). Canberra: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
DSE (Department of Sustainability and Environment). (2005). Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria – 2005. East Melbourne, Victoria: Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jones, David L. (2000). Four new names in Caladenia R. Br. (Orchidaceae), and a note on C. carnea var. subulata Nicholls. The Orchadian 13: 257.
Jones, David L. and Jones, B. (2000). A field guide to the native orchids of southern Australia. Melbourne, VIC: Bloomings Books.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 3 August 2025]