Caladenia erythrochila

Caladenia erythrochila Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema erythrochilum; Calonemorchis erythrochila; Jonesiopsis erythrochila; Caladenia rubrichila

Lake Muir Blood Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:224-225 (2001)

Tone River to Tunney, growing in lateritic soils in forests and woodlands.

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An uncommon species 100–250 mm high with a hairy leaf 70–90 mm long by 2–3 mm wide and up to two blood-red flowers 50–60 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Slender Spider Orchid (Caladenia pulchra) and Blood Spider Orchid (C. filifera) by its much smaller flowers, usually more stiffly held petals and sepals and south-westerly distribution.

Priority Two