Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001 Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name Merrit's White Spider Orchid

Flower Size 8" [20 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of 50 to 250 meters and differs in it's extremely long, thin lateral sepals and petals and narrow labellum and blooms in the spring on a 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence

SynonymsArachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Arachnorchis longicaudata ssp merritii photo good

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