Caladenia pholcoidea subsp. augustensis

Caladenia pholcoidea subsp. augustensis Hopper & A.P.Br.

Caladenia christineae subsp. augustensis; Arachnorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis; Calonemorchis pholcoidea subsp. augustensis

Augusta Spider Orchid

Caladenia longicauda (White Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:139-141, Figs. 26 (2001)

Augusta, growing in clay and sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet flats, flowering only in the season following summer fire.

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A geographically restricted subspecies 150–450 mm high with a hairy leaf 100–200 mm long by 6–10 mm wide and up to three creamy-white flowers 50–60 mm across.

It is distinguished from the subsp. pholcoidea by its cream flowers, shorter petals and sepals, and earlier flowering period.

Priority One