Caladenia radialis R.S. Rogers 1927 SUBGENUS Jonesiopsis

Photo by © Geoff Derrin and The Wikipedia Website

Another Flower Photo by Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name The Ray-Shaped Caladenia - The Drooping Spider Orchid

Flower Size 1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm]

Found in Western Australia at elevations of 50 to 200 meters in woodlands, mallee vegetation, shrublands, granite outcrops and salt lake margins as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, pilose, narrowly linear leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 6 to 14" [15 to 35 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Caladenia bicolor R.S.Rogers 1930; Calonema radiale (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Calonemorchis radialis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Jonesiopsis radialis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003; Phlebochilus radialis (R.S.Rogers) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Jonesiopsis radialis photo fide

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