Caladenia swartsiorum

Caladenia swartsiorum A.P.Br. & G.Brockman

Caladenia sp. ‘Island Point’

Island Point Spider Orchid

Caladenia longicauda (White Spider Orchids)

Andrew Brown & Garry Brockman in Nuytsia 25:119-120, Fig. 40 (2015)

Mandurah to Australind, growing in sandy soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A recently described species 200–350 mm high with a hairy leaf 200–250 mm long by 6–13 mm wide and up to three pale yellow to greenish-yellow and white flowers 80–100 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda) by its pale yellow to greenish yellow flowers (white in C. longicauda) and the slightly thickened, densely glandular apices to the petals and sepals.

Priority Two

Named in honour of WA Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group member(s): Eric & Nigel Swarts