Caladenia hoffmanii Hopper & A.P.Br.

Hoffman's spider orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Caladenia

Characteristics

Leaf 80–150 × 5–10 mm. Flower stem 120–300 mm tall, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 30–40 mm across, cream to yellowish green with few reddish markings; sepals and petals with thick, furrowed, brown clubs 2–10 mm long. Dorsal sepal erect, 20–30 × 3–3.5 mm. Lateral sepals stiffly downcurved, 20–30 × 3–3.5 mm, incurved, sometimes crossed. Petals downcurved, 15–25 × 2–2.5 mm. Labellum 12–14 × 6–9 mm, curved, greenish yellow and white with an acute maroon apex; margins with numerous thin, erect, linear teeth to 5 mm long; tip decurved (not recurved). Basal calli c. 1.5 mm long. Lamina calli to 1.5 mm long, maroon, in 4 close rows, evenly decreasing in length. Column 10–17 × 5–8 mm, transparent with red markings.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Highly localised and rare; growing in dense, shrubby heath on rocky hillsides and breakaways in clay loam; also on winter-wet flats.
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Distribution

Caladenia hoffmanii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002682-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342651
COL ID 6972B
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Caladenia hoffmanii Calonemorchis hoffmanii Arachnorchis hoffmanii