Caladenia pendens subsp. pendens

Caladenia pendens Hopper & A.P.Br. subsp. pendens

Caladenia varians subsp. pendens; Calonemorchis pendens; Jonesiopsis pendens

Pendant Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:262,263 (2001)

South of Geraldton to Augusta and eastwards to Ravensthorpe, growing in sandy soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A widespread subspecies 150–350 mm high with a hairy leaf 80–150 mm long by 4–5 mm wide and up to three creamy-white flowers 70–100 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Noble Spider Orchid (Caladenia nobilis) by its sweet odour, usually smaller flowers, narrower labellum, pendulous petals.

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