Caladenia incensum

Caladenia incensum Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema incensum; Calonemorchis incensa; Jonesiopsis incensa

Glistening Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:241-243, Fig. 58 (2001)

Norseman to Nerren Nerren Station, growing in soil pockets on granite outcrops and rocky hills.

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A common inland species 150–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 40–120 mm long by 4–15 mm wide and up to three glistening-white flowers 90–150 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related and sometimes co-occurring Outback Spider Orchid (Caladenia remota) by its shorter, broader, flattened leaves and broad squat labellum lamina calli which are glossy on top.

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