Caladenia gardneri

Caladenia gardneri Hopper & A.P.Br.

Arachnorchis gardneri; Calonemorchis gardneri

Cherry Spider Orchid

Caladenia huegelii (King Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:76-78, Figs. 10K-Q (2001)

Yallingup to William Bay, growing in deep sandy soil on consolidated coastal dunes.

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An attractive coastal species 200–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 80–200 mm long by 4–15 mm wide and up to three pale pink flowers 40–80 mm across.

It is distinguished from Broad-lipped Spider Orchid (Caladenia applanata), with which it sometimes grows, by its paler pink, acutely downcurved petals and sepals, more slender clubs, narrower labellum and finer calli.

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