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Fringed spider orchid

Caladenia longifimbriata

Caladenia longifimbriata is a rare terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia, grown from an underground tuber with a single hairy leaf and one or two green, red and white flowers. It is a wild species seldom cultivated, and it needs a cool, dry summer dormancy like other Western Australian Caladenia.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the winter and spring growing season and keep the tuber dry while the plant is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil, ideally sandy with a little organic matter.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost and extreme heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia longifimbriata, commonly known as the fringed spider orchid or green-comb spider orchid, is a rare species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and one or two green, red and white flowers with a long labellum fringe and only occurs in a few scattered populations between Jerramungup and Esperance.

Where it grows

Fringed spider orchid occurs in scattered populations between Jerramungup and Esperance in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions where it grows in mallee woodland near temporary streams.

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 longifimbriata 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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