Caladenia graniticola (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br.

Pingaring spider orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf 80–150 × 5–10 mm. Flower stem 150–300 mm tall, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 45–60 mm across, cream to greenish yellow with reddish markings; sepals and petals with furrowed, greenish to brownish clubs 5–10 mm long (petal clubs shorter). Dorsal sepal erect, 25–35 × 3–5 mm. Lateral sepals stiffly downcurved, 20–35 × 3–5 mm, incurved, sometimes crossed. Petals stiffly downcurved, 20–30 × 2.5–3 mm. Labellum narrowly heart-shaped, 15–20 × 6–9 mm, curved, white with a blunt maroon apex; margins with numerous erect teeth to 5 mm long; tip decurved or shallowly recurved. Basal calli c. 3 mm long, abruptly larger than rest. Lamina calli to 2 mm long, maroon, in 4 close rows. Column 14–17 × 5–8 mm, transparent with red markings.
Life form -
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Highly localised and rare; restricted to about ten granite outcrops, growing under rock sheoak, wattles, and other shrubs in freely draining, gravelly loam.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Caladenia graniticola unspecified picture

Distribution

Caladenia graniticola world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60433376-2
WFO ID wfo-0000342643
COL ID PBTR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Caladenia graniticola Arachnorchis graniticola Arachnorchis hoffmanii subsp. graniticola Caladenia hoffmanii subsp. graniticola