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Northern darting spider orchid

Caladenia uliginosa subsp. candicans

Northern darting spider orchid
Photo: Jean and Fred from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

A terrestrial, deciduous orchid from south-west Western Australia that grows from an underground tuber and sends up one hairy leaf and a spike of up to three cream flowers in spring. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it is best left in its natural habitat.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately during its growing season in winter and spring, then keep dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil with good organic content, similar to its natural wandoo woodland habitat.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions suited to south-west Western Australia; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Caladenia uliginosa subsp. candicans, commonly known as the northern darting 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 yellowish-cream flowers which have a forward-projecting labellum lacking the red tip of subspecies uliginosa.

Where it grows

The northern darting spider orchid is found between York and Kojonup in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions where it usually grows in wandoo woodland but also in seasonally wet areas and along drainage lines.

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 uliginosa subsp. candicans 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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