Caladenia sp. aff. fragrantissima (Inverleigh)

Flowering plant 20–40 cm tall. Leaf 6–10 cm long, 10–15 mm wide. Flowers 1 or 2; perianth segments 5–7 cm long, creamy white to almost uniformly dark red, with long dark reddish to brownish glandular tips; sepals drooping, flattened at base, 2–5 mm wide, abruptly tapered to a long tail densely covered in glands; petals shorter than sepals but otherwise similar. Labellum curved forward with apex recurved and lateral lobes erect, lamina ovate, obscurely 3-lobed, 15–20 mm long and 8–10 mm wide (when flattened), cream with reddish margins and calli to entirely reddish; margins of lateral lobes fringed with pale-tipped, linear calli to 2 mm long, margins of mid-lobe with shorter calli becoming tooth-like near tip; lamina calli in 4 or 6 rows, extending onto mid-lobe, narrow, foot-shaped, c. 1.5 mm long at base of lamina, decreasing in size towards apex. Flowers Sep.–Oct.