Caladenia doutchiae

Caladenia doutchiae O.H.Sarg.

Calonema doutchiae; Calonemorchis doutchiae; Jonesiopsis doutchiae; Phlebochilus doutchiae

Purple-veined Spider Orchid

Caladenia roei (Small Spider Orchids)

Oswald Sargent in J. Bot. 59:175 (1921)

Mingenew to Ravensthorpe, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands. The species is particularly common on sandy rises above salt lakes.

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A common wheatbelt species 100–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 50–150 mm long by 4–6 mm wide and one (rarely two) greenish to greenish-yellow and red flowers 15–30 mm across.

It is distinguished from all other members of the Caladenia roei complex by its long lateral sepals that terminate in small apical clubs.

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