Caladenia sp. aff. concolor (Violet Town)

Flowering plant 17–25 cm tall. Leaf 8–15 cm long, 8–10 mm wide. Flower solitary; perianth segments 3–4.5 cm long, dull red with some greenish markings; sepals flattened at base, 2–4 mm wide, gradually tapered to a long tail, densely covered in crowded sessile glands; petals shorter than sepals but otherwise similar. Labellum curved forward with apex recurved and lateral lobes erect, lamina ovate, obscurely 3-lobed, 10–15 mm long, 8–10 mm wide (when flattened), mostly dull red; margins of lateral lobes fringed with linear calli to 1.5 mm long; margins of mid-lobe with shorter calli becoming fused towards tip; lamina calli in 4 or 6 rows, the central rows extending onto mid-lobe, narrow, foot-shaped, c. 2 mm long at base of lamina, decreasing in size towards apex. Flowers Sep.–Oct.