Caladenia lodgeana

Caladenia lodgeana Hopper & A.P.Br.

Arachnorchis lodgeana; Calonemorchis lodgeana

Lodge's Spider Orchid

Caladenia huegelii (King Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:101-103, Figs. 17A-M (2001)

Augusta to Margaret River, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally-damp flats.

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A late flowering species 200–400 mm high with a hairy leaf 100–200 mm long by 5–10 mm wide and up to two creamy-white to creamy-yellow, red-marked flowers 50–100 mm across.

It is distinguished from the co-occurring Christmas Spider Orchid (Caladenia serotina) by its shorter, spreading petals, clubbed sepals and generally earlier flowering period.

Threatened (Critically Endangered)

Named in honour of WA Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group member(s): Harry Lodge