Caladenia septuosa D.L.Jones 1991 SUBGENUS Arachnorchis

Lip Detail Photos by © Colin and Mischa Rowan and their Retired Aussies Website

Part Shade Cold LATE Winter EARLIER Spring

Common Name The Early Autumn Caladenia Caladenia - The Koppio Spider Orchid

Flower Size 1 to 1.4" [2.5 to 3.5 cm]

Found in south Australia on the Eyre Penninsula in scrubby woodlands at elevations of 120 to 300 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the late winter and earlier spring on an erect, 6 to 10" [15 to 25 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Arachnorchis septuosa (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001; Calonema septuosum (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001; Calonemorchis septuosa (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001

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

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