Caladenia brevisura

Caladenia brevisura Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema brevisurum; Calonemorchis brevisura; Jonesiopsis brevisura; Phlebochilus brevisura

Short-sepalled Spider Orchid

Caladenia roei (Small Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:192-196, Fig.43 (2001)

Jeramungup to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common, small flowered species 150–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–120 mm long by 4–6 mm wide and one (rarely two) greenish-white and red flowers 15–25 mm across.

It is sometimes confused with Purple-veined Spider Orchid (Caladenia doutchiae) but has smaller flowers with shorter tips to the sepals and a generally narrower labellum with a broader band of calli. It also has a more easterly range of distribution.

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