Caladenia pholcoidea Hopper & A.P.Br.2001 SUBGENUS Arachnorchis
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Common Name The ?Caladenia - The Albany Spider Orchid
Flower Size 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm]
This terrestrial species is from southwest Western Australia at elevations of 20 to 200 meters in seasonally wet areas adjoining swamps in sand as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a narrow, linear, pubescent, obtuse leaf that blooms in the spring through early summer on an erect, 12 to 24" [30 to 60 cm] long, 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Arachnorchis pholcoidea (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Arachnorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Caladenia pholcoidea subsp. augustensis Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001; Calonemorchis pholcoidea (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2003; Calonemorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Arachnorchis pholcoidea photo good;
Caladenia pholcoidea subsp. augustensis Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001
Synonyms Arachnorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Calonemorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Arachnorchis pholcoidea ssp augustensis photo good;
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