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Collie Spider Orchid

Caladenia leucochila

Collie Spider Orchid is a rare, deciduous terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia, known only from the Collie district, growing from an underground tuber. It is a wild species with no established horticultural culture, so care is best left to conservation and habitat-matched conditions.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Naturally dormant in summer and grows in the cooler, wetter months, so water only during active growth and avoid moisture during dormancy.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained soil in open forest or scrub conditions.
Temperature
Cool to mild, suited to a Mediterranean-type climate with wet winters and dry summers.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia leucochila is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single leaf and one or two pale yellow to greenish cream and white flowers with dull red stripes. it is a rare species, only known from near Collie.

Where it grows

This caladenia is only known from the Collie district in the Jarrah Forest biogeographic region where it grows in sandy soil in open forest and scrub.

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 leucochila 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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