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Pink-lipped spider orchid

Caladenia behrii

Pink-lipped spider orchid
Photo: Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0

Pink-lipped spider orchid is a tuberous, deciduous terrestrial orchid endemic to a few small areas of South Australia's Southern Lofty Ranges, grown mainly by specialist native orchid enthusiasts. Its key requirement is protecting the dormant tuber and matching its cool-season growth cycle.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water sparingly while the leaf is growing in winter and keep the tuber nearly dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining loamy soil or a sandy, humus-rich native orchid mix.
Temperature
5–20 °C during its winter growth and spring flowering; tolerates summer heat only while dormant.
How easy
Hard
Native range
South Australia (Southern Lofty Ranges)
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia behrii, commonly known as pink-lipped spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It has a single narrow, hairy leaf and one or two creamy-white flowers with pink tips in early spring.

Where it grows

This caladenia occurs in two small disjunct populations, one near Kersbrook and Williamstown and the other near Belair and Clarendon. It grows on loamy soils in woodland.

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 · Genoa spider orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caladenia behrii 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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