Caladenia magniclavata

Caladenia magniclavata Nicholls

Caladenia longiclavata var. magniclavata; Arachnorchis magniclavata; Calonema magniclavatum; Calonemorchis magniclavata

Big Clubbed Spider Orchid

Caladenia longiclavata (Clubbed Spider Orchids)

William Nicholls in Victorian Naturalist 64:135 (1947)

Toodyay to Albany, growing in sandy, sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forests and woodlands.

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A rare species 200–400 mm (rarely to 600 mm) high with a hairy leaf 100–250 mm long by 15–25 mm wide and up to three pale yellow-green and red flowers 50–60 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Clubbed Spider Orchid (Caladenia longiclavata) by the extremely long clubs on the sepals which extend at least half their length versus around a third their length on C. longiclavata.

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