It is similar to Caladenia gemmata but its leaf is green on both surfaces, the flower is scented and the labellum is striped.

Cyanicula gertrudae is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber.

[2][3][4] Pale china orchid was first formally described in 1920 by Carl Ostenfeld who gave it the name Caladenia gertrudae in Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab from a specimen collected in forest near Yallingup Cave (now Ngilgi Cave).

[3] Cyanicula gertrudae occurs along the south coast of Western Australia between Albany and Yallingup in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions, growing between sand dunes.

[2][3][4][7] Cyanicula gertrudae is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.