Caladenia denticulata Lindl. 1839 SUBGENUS Arachnorchis

Lip Detail

Plant and Flower in situ Australia Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Cold LATE Winter EARLY Spring

Common Name The Denticulate Caladenia - The Yellow Spider Orchid

Flower Size 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10cm]

Found in southwestern Western Australia in wandoo woodlands, granite outcrops and margins of winter wet swamps at elevations of 20 to 150 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 6 to 14" [15 to 35 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Caladenia denticulata subsp. rubella A.P.Br. & G.Brockman 2015; Caladenia filamentosa var. denticulata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1871; Caladenia filamentosa var. pallens Benth. 1873; Calonema denticulatum (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001; Calonemorchis denticulata (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001; Jonesiopsis denticulata (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Jonesiopsis denticulata photo fide;

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