Caladenia serotina Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001 SUBGENUS Calonema ( Benth. ) Hopper & A.P.Br.2000 Photo courtesy of Ron Heberle and the Thelymitra Page of The Species Orchid Society of Western Australia

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Common Name The Christmas Spider Orchid [Refers to it's blooming in December]

Flower Size 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm]

Found in western Australia at elevations of 100 to 350 meters ion coastal scrub, shrubby forests and woodlands as a cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a single, linear, pilose leaf that blooms in the late spring on an erect, 10 to 24" [25 to 60 cm] long, 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Arachnorchis serotina (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006