Caladenia callitrophila D.L.Jones 1999 SUBGENUS Arachnorchis
Photos by © Colin & Mischa Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Website
MID THROUGH MID
Common Name The Allistris Loving Caladenia [An Australian Tree] - The Berrigan Spider Orchid [A town in New South Wales]
Flower Size 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm]
Uncommonly found in New Suth Wales Australia in Callistris woodlands at elevations of 80 to 100 meters as a small to just medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an underground tuber giving rise to a single leaf that blooms in the mid winter through mid spring on an erect, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Arachnorchis callitrophila (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide
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