Caladenia x ericksoniae

Caladenia x ericksoniae Nicholls

Jonesiopsis × ericksoniae

Prisoner Orchid

William Nicholls in the Victorian Naturalist 66(11): 214, f. E (1950)

Wongan Hills to Beverley, growing in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common hybrid 150–250 mm high with a dull green, prominently hairy leaf 100–150 mm long by 3–5 mm wide and up to two creamy-white, red marked flowers 30–45 mm across.

Not Listed

A hybrid between Blood Spider Orchid (Caladenia filifera) and Dwarf Zebra Orchid (C. pachychila). Hybrids between Zebra Orchid (Caladenia cairnsiana), C. pachychila and various members of the Wispy Spider Orchid (C. filamentosa) complex are similar in appearance to C. × ericksoniae and are easily mistaken for it.