WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Caladenia bigeminata

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Name and Authority

Caladenia bigeminata A.P.Br. & G.Brockman

Synonyms (previous names)

Caladenia sp. ‘Yerina Springs’

Common Name

Yerina Springs Spider Orchid

Complex Name

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Originally Described by

Andrew Brown & Garry Brockman in Nuytsia 25:67-69, Fig. 7 (2015)

Distribution and Habitat

North of Port Gregory, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in a seasonally wet flat.

Flowering Months

· · · · · · Jul Aug · · · ·

Description

A rare, localised species 120–250 mm high with a hairy leaf 30–90 mm long by 3–7 mm wide and up to two bright white flowers 50–80 mm across.

Distinguishing Features

It is distinguished from most other members of the Caladenia filamentosa complex which have two single, well-spaced longitudinal rows of labellum lamina calli in usually having calli in two groups of rows each comprising two indistinct longitudinal rows.

WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)

Priority One

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