Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

This native groundcover is commonly known as finger-orchid.

Caladenia picta is described as a "monocot" in the Orchidaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Not recorded in the Fraser Coast region. Distribution south from Kenilworth with an outlying population in the vicinity of the Carnarvon Ranges. Photos taken at Jervis Bay and Ulladulla New South Wales. Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting). May be confused with Caladenia catenata however no plants have been observed in the region with a painted column. Some identifiers do not recognise the painted column as a relevant feature. They prefer to identify these orchids based on flowering time of April-July for Caladenia picta and August-October for Caladenia catenata (lester_thompson (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/7112759)) Based on the flowering time and lack of observations after July, these orchids are all Caladenia picta. 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.