Caladenia longicauda subsp. redacta

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

Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. redacta

Tangled White Spider Orchid

Caladenia longicauda (White Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:118-120, Fig. 20 (2001)

Mt Barker to Toodyay, growing in sandy-clay soils in forests and woodlands.

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A common subspecies 200–400 mm high with a hairy leaf 100–250 mm long by 8–12 mm wide and up to three predominantly white flowers 60–80 mm across.

It is distinguished from the subsp. eminens, with which it intergrates at the western edge of its distribution, by its smaller flowers, usually shorter labellum fringe segments and mostly more westerly distribution.

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