Caladenia exstans Hopper & A.P.Br.

Pointing spider orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf 50–200 × 4–6 mm. Flower stem 200–450 mm tall, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 30–50 mm across, greenish yellow, heavily marked and suffused with maroon; sepals with thin, yellowish clubs 3–10 mm long; petals with or without clubs. Dorsal sepal erect, 30–45 × 2.5–3 mm. Lateral sepals curved forwards and then upswept, 30–45 × 4–5 mm, closely parallel. Petals stiffly downcurved, 20–30 × 2 mm. Labellum delicately hinged, 11–13 × 14–15 mm, yellowish green with dark purple apex; margins entire, few short, papillate teeth on apical margins; tip projected forwards. Basal calli 6–8, c. 2 mm long, clubbed. Lamina calli to 3 mm long, purplish red, densely crowded in central band. Column 12–14 × 4.5–5 mm, transparent, heavily marked with red; basal glands c. 2.5 mm long, club-shaped, white with red stalk, apex sometimes lobed.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Highly localised; mainly found growing in shallow, gravelly soil on granite outcrops; less commonly under shrubs and on wet flats in woodland.
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Images

Caladenia exstans unspecified picture

Distribution

Caladenia exstans world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002675-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342636
COL ID PBSV
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arachnorchis exstans Caladenia exstans Phlebochilus exstans