Cyanicula aperta

Western tiny blue china orchid
Cyanicula aperta growing near Ravensthorpe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Diurideae
Genus:	Cyanicula
Species:	C. aperta
Binomial name
Cyanicula aperta Hopper & A.P.Br.[1]
Synonyms
Caladenia aperta (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. Cyanicula caerulea subsp. apertala N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. Cyanicula caerulea subsp. apertala Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. Caladenia caerulea auct. non R.Br.: Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) Caladenia caerulea auct. non R.Br.: Green, J.W. (1985)

Cyanicula aperta, commonly known as the western tiny blue china orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has a relatively narrow leaf and a single bluish-mauve flower. It is distinguished from the other two similar blue orchids by the sides of the labellum which are erect but well-separated from the column. This species also has a more easterly distribution than C. amplexans and C. sericea.