Caladenia bryceana subsp. bryceana

Caladenia bryceana R.S.Rogers subsp. bryceana

Arachnorchis bryceana subsp. bryceana; Phlebochilus bryceana subsp. bryceana

Dwarf Spider Orchid

Caladenia bryceana complex (Dwarf Spider Orchids)

Richard Rogers in Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 359 (1914)

Cranbrook to Jeramungup with a disjunct population at Moodiarrup, growing in sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A rare subspecies 50–100 mm high with a hairy leaf 40–60 mm long by 4–8 mm wide and one (rarely two) green to apricot flowers 10–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the subsp. cracens by its continuous, rather than broken, band of labellum lamina calli and more southerly distribution.

Threatened (Endangered)