Caladenia dimidia

Caladenia dimidia Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema dimidium; Calonemorchis dimidia; Jonesiopsis dimidia; Caladenia sp. 'Muddarning Hill'

Chameleon Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:213-215, Fig.48 (2001)

Morawa to Bremer Bay, growing in sandy-clay and granitic soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common inland species 150–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 70–150 mm long by 2–3 mm wide and up to two cream, yellow or pinkish-red flowers 50–90 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Ironcaps Spider Orchid (Caladenia paradoxa) by its shorter, more stiffly held spreading sepals and petals and somewhat broader labellum.

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