Caladenia longicauda subsp. australora

Caladenia longicauda subsp. australora Hopper & A.P.Br.

Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. australora

Southern White Spider Orchid

Caladenia longicauda (White Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:109,111 (2001)

Beuafort Inlet to Fitzgerald River National Park, growing in sandy soils in coastal woodlands and shrublands.

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A south coastal subspecies 150–350 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–160 mm long by 5–10 mm wide and up to three creamy-white flowers 50–80 mm across. It intergrades with the larger-flowered Stark White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda subsp. eminens) a little inland from the coast.

It is distinguished from Stark White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda subsp. eminens) by its smaller flowers, narrower labellum and narrower lateral sepals.

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