Caladenia radiata

Caladenia radiata Nicholls

Arachnorchis radiata; Calonema radiatum; Calonemorchis radiata

Ray Spider Orchid

Caladenia falcata (Green Spider Orchids)

William Nicholls in Victorian Naturalist 65:267 (1949)

Yarloop to Albany, growing in clay and sandy-clay soils in seasonally wet flats.

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A late flowering species 200–450 mm high with a hairy leaf 100–150 mm long by 10–12 mm wide and up to two green, yellow and red flowers 50–60 mm across.

It is distinguished from other members of the Caladenia falcata complex by its shorter labellum with a prominently recurved apex.

Not Listed