Caladenia roei

Caladenia roei Benth.

Calonema roei; Calonemorchis roei; Jonesiopsis roei; Phlebochilus roei

Clown Orchid

Caladenia roei (Small Spider Orchids)

George Bentham in Fl.Austral. 6:383 (1873)

South of Norseman to Eurardy, growing in sandy-clay and granitic soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common inland species 120–300 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–150 mm long by 4–5 mm wide and up to three greenish-yellow and red flowers 20–30 mm across. Populations in northern areas (i.e. east of Kalbarri) have flowers with fewer calli than those found further south.

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