Caladenia clavigera A. Cunn. ex Lindl. 1840 SUBGENUS Phlebochilus ( Benth. ) Hopper & A.P.Br. 2000

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Common Name The Bulging Caladenia - The Plain Lip Spider Orchid - The Clubbed Spider Orchid

Flower Size 1 3/5" [4 cm]

This small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial species is from Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia at elevations of 10 to 250 meters and favours open forest and woodland with well-drained soil where it is widespread and common, growing in loose colonies with a single leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 8 to 16" [20 to 40 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence and is thought to be pollinated by pseudo-copulation perpetrated by the male thynnid wasp.

Synonyms Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.. 2001; Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers 1920 ; Phlebochilus clavigera (A. Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 6 2006/7 photo; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006