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Caladenia longicauda subsp. albella
Small-lipped white spider orchid, a deciduous terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia that grows from an underground tuber and flowers in late winter to early spring. It favours seasonal swamps and lake edges, so it needs moist conditions while growing.
Caladenia longicauda subsp. albella, commonly known as the small-lipped white spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single hairy leaf and up to four, mostly white flowers which have a pungent smell. It usually grows in seasonal swamps between Eneabba and Gingin.
The small-lipped white spider orchid is common in the area between Eneabba and Gingin, where it grows in seasonal swamps, near creeks and on lake edges in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.
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