Caladenia fuscolutescens

Caladenia fuscolutescens Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia varians subsp. fuscolutescens; Calonema fuscolutescens; Calonemorchis fuscolutescens; Jonesiopsis fuscolutescens

Ochre Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:234-237, Figs. 56I-M (2001)

Wellstead to Emu Point, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in shrublands.

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A geographically restricted species 150–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 70–150 mm long by 2–3 mm wide and up to two yellow to pale brownish-yellow flowers 60–100 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Cream Spider Orchid (Caladenia horistes) by its more prominent flower markings, thicker apex to the petals and sepals and more westerly distribution.

Not Listed