Caladenia verrucosa G.W.Carr 1991 SUBGENUS Arachnorchis

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

Part Shade Cold LATE Winter EARLY Spring

Common Name The Warty Caladenia - The Mallee Spider Orchid

Flower Size 1.4 to 1.8" [3.5 to 4.5 cm]

Found in Victoria and New South Wales in woodlands and mallee vegetation on swales, dunes and flats at elevations of 80 to 200 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, linear, pubescent leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Arachnorchis verrucosa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

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

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