Caladenia filifera

Caladenia filifera Lindl.

Caladenia filamentosa var. filifera; Calonema filiferum; Calonemorchis filifera; Jonesiopsis filifera

Blood Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

John Lindley in Sketch Veg.Swan R. 42 (1840)

Mt Barker to Wongan Hills, growing in sandy-clay and lateritic soils in open forests, woodlands and shrublands.

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A relatively common species 200–350 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–150 mm long by 2–4 mm wide and up to three blood-red flowers 30–50 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Dundas’ Spider Orchid (Caladenia dundasiae) by its narrower, longer, more pendulous petals and lateral sepals, larger uniformly red labellum and its later flowering period.

Not Listed