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Perenjori spider orchid

Caladenia remota subsp. parva

Perenjori spider orchid
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Perenjori spider orchid is a deciduous terrestrial orchid from south-west Western Australia, growing from an underground tuber with one hairy leaf and up to three cream to pale yellow flowers. It is a wild native of a restricted area and is not a typical garden or houseplant.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water through the winter growing season when it is wet, then keep dry while dormant over summer.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil, similar to its natural shrubland habitat.
Temperature
Cool to mild winters suit it; it tolerates Mediterranean-type conditions with hot, dry summers.
How easy
Hard

About

Caladenia remota subsp. parva, commonly known as the Perenjori 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 three creamy-white to pale yellow flowers. It has a more restricted and more westerly distribution than subspecies remota.

Where it grows

The Perenjori spider orchid is found between Perenjori and Wubin in the Avon Wheatbelt and Yalgoo biogeographic regions where it usually grows in shrublands that are wet 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 remota subsp. parva 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.

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