Caladenia xantha

Caladenia xantha Hopper & A.P.Br.

Calonema xanthum; Calonemorchis xantha; Jonesiopsis xantha

Primrose Spider Orchid

Caladenia filamentosa (Wispy Spider Orchids)

Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Nuytsia 14:282, Figs. 65T-W (2001)

Mogumber to Tunney, growing in sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forest and woodlands.

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An early flowering species 150–260 mm high with a hairy leaf 60–100 mm long by 3–5 mm wide and up to three pale to rich yellow flowers 60–100 mm across. It is often found in clumps of up to eight or more plants

It is distinguished from the similar Tenterden Yellow Spider Orchid (Caladenia straminichila) by its smaller flowers, shorter, prominently arched petals and lateral sepals and earlier flowering period.

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