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Caladenia applanata subsp. applanata
A terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia that grows from an underground tuber and bears a single hairy leaf and up to three large flowers each spring. It is best grown outdoors in its native mediterranean climate with a winter dry period, and is usually grown in the wild rather than as a houseplant.
Caladenia applanata subsp. applanata, commonly known as the broad-lipped spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a relatively common orchid with a single erect, hairy leaf and up to three flowers which may be red, cream, green or yellow and have a broad, flattened, red-tipped labellum.
The broad-lipped spider orchid is found in low heath, often over limestone, in coastal areas between Yallingup and Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions
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