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Sagg spider orchid

Caladenia saggicola

Caladenia saggicola, the sagg spider orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to Tasmania, growing from an underground tuber with one hairy leaf and one or two white flowers in spring. It is a wild species of open woodland and is rarely grown in gardens, so it needs cool, moist, seasonal conditions and a dormant summer.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season in spring and keep the tuber dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or loamy soil with some leaf litter, similar to its native woodland.
Temperature
Cool to mild, about 5–20 °C; protect from prolonged heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Caladenia saggicola, commonly known as the sagg spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Tasmania. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and one or two white flowers with very pale reddish lines and black tips.

Where it grows

The sagg spider orchid is only found near Cambridge and Dodges Ferry where it grows in open woodland with a dense understory of Lomandra longifolia tussocks.

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 saggicola 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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