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Genoa spider orchid

Caladenia ancylosa

Genoa spider orchid
Photo: Reiner Richter, CC BY-SA 4.0

Genoa spider orchid is a small terrestrial orchid native to far east Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, growing from an underground tuber with one hairy leaf and a single cream and red flower. Grow it as a hardy, deciduous ground orchid in cool, moist, well-drained conditions that mimic its native forest understorey.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately while in growth and keep the soil barely moist; allow it to rest and stay dry while dormant.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic sandy or loamy mix with leaf litter.
Temperature
Cool temperate conditions; tolerates frost, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia ancylosa, commonly known as the Genoa spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and a single cream-coloured flower with red markings.

Where it grows

Caladenia ancylosa is only known from far east Gippsland where it grows in the shrub layer of tall open forest near Genoa.

Other Caladenia plants

Coastal spider orchid · Canberra spider orchid · Caladenia ×aestantha · Summer spider orchid · Fairy orchid · Stegostyla Alpina · Boranup spider orchid · Bundarra spider orchid · Charming spider orchid · Dainty spider orchid · Dainty blue china orchid · Caladenia angustata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caladenia ancylosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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