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Pink spider orchid

Caladenia harringtoniae

Pink spider orchid
Photo: Cal Wood, CC BY 4.0

Caladenia harringtoniae is a deciduous terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia that grows from an underground tuber and bears up to three pink flowers in spring. It is a wild species, grown mainly by enthusiasts who recreate its seasonal wet-then-dry cycle.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist during the winter growing season, then let it dry out while the plant is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, acidic, sandy mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect from hard frost and extreme summer heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia harringtoniae, commonly known as the pink spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three pale to deep pink flowers which have a cream-coloured labellum with a pink tip.

Where it grows

The pink spider orchid occurs between Nannup and Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions, where it grows swamps and flat areas that are flooded in winter.

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 harringtoniae 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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