Orange/Warpaint Candy Cane (Caulastraea cf. echinulata)
A variant of Candy cane coral (Caulastraea furcata)
Representative Candy cane coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A bumpier-skinned Caulastraea with warm orange, tan and green 'war-paint' striping radiating across flatter, more oval heads rather than the round trumpets of furcata.
📜 Backstory
Often sold as 'Warpaint' or 'Orange Candy Cane,' this is the related Caulastraea echinulata/connata form imported chiefly from Australia. Its warmer striping makes it more sought-after than the plain green, but it remains a wild-collected color variant, not an aquacultured named clone — buyers pay a small premium for the unusual orange pigment.
Keeper tips for this variant
Treat like other candy canes — low light and gentle flow — but give it a touch more space, as the echinulata-type heads splay outward as they bud rather than staying tight.