Caladenia macroclavia D.L.Jones 1991SUBGENUS Arachnorchis
Lip Detail Photos by © Colin and Mischa Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website
LATER EARLIER
Common Name The Large Clubbed Caladenia - The Brown Bayonets Orchid
Flower Size 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm]
Found in South Australia in mallee vegetation and shrublands at elevations of 20 to 100 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the later winter and earlier spring on an erect, 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Arachnorchis macroclavia (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Calonema macroclavium (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001; Calonemorchis macroclavia (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Arachnorchis macroclavia photo fide;
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