Caladenia elegans

Caladenia elegans Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia sp. 'Northampton'; Calonema elegans; Calonemorchis elegans; Jonesiopsis elegans

Elegant Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:221-224, Fig.52 (2001)

Nerren Nerren Station to to Wicherina, growing in seasonally wet flats and run off areas.

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A rare species 200–350 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–120 mm long by 3–5 mm wide and up to three lemon-yellow flowers 50–80 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Common Spider Orchid (Caladenia varians) by its marginally earlier flowering period, lemon yellow flowers, glossy labellum lamina calli and wet clay habitat.

Threatened (Critically Endangered)