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Caladenia whiteheadii is a rare Australian spider orchid with a single hairy leaf and one pale yellow flower, known only from one hill near Eugowra in New South Wales. It grows from an underground tuber and dies back after flowering, so it needs a cool, dry dormant period and careful, sparing care.
Caladenia whiteheadii is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and a single pale yellow flower with thick reddish tips on the sepals and petals. It is only known from a single hill near Eugowra.
This spider orchid is only known from a single hill near Eugowra where it grows in shrubby forest.
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 whiteheadii 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.
