Caladenia multiclavia Rchb.f. 1871 SUBGENUS Jonesiopsis

Side View of Flower Photos by © T.H. Nordhausen and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Many Tailed Caladenia - The Lazy Spider Orchid

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in southwestern Western Australia in she-oak thickets on slopes above streams and in woodlands and around granite outcrops at elevations around 150 to 300 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 4 to 10" [10 to 25 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence and carrying reclining flowers.

Synonyms Caladenia multiclavia var. brevicuspis Benth. 1873; Calonema multiclavium (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Calonemorchis multiclavia (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Jonesiopsis multiclavia (Rchb.f.) Szlach. 2001; Jonesiopsis multiclavia var. brevicuspis (Benth.) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001 as Jonesiopsis multiclaviaNative Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Jonesiopsis multiclavia photo fide

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