Caladenia interjacens

Caladenia interjacens Hopper & A.P.Br.

Arachnorchis interjacens; Calonemorchis interjacens

Walpole Spider Orchid

Caladenia huegelii (King Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:98-101, Figs. 15O-S (2001)

Walpole to West Cliff Point, growing in sandy soil on consolidated coastal dunes.

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A distinctive, coastal species 300–600 mm high with a hairy leaf 80–200 mm long by 5–15 mm wide and up to two white to pale pinkish-white flowers 50–100 mm across.

It is distinguished from superficially similar White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda) by its shorter petals, clubbed sepals and often pale pink suffused flowers.

Priority Four